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FREE RESOURCES FOR FILM PHOTOGRAPHERS
Free tools, printables and guides for people who shoot 35mm film. Nothing is gated and there is nothing to sign up for. Print them, share them, and tell us what has gone out of date.
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HAND-INSPECTION REQUEST CARD
A bank-card-size note that asks security to hand-check your film, in ten languages with the English underneath. Print the sheet, cut, keep one with your rolls.
PRINTABLEView printable
PDF · 10 LANGUAGES
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EXPIRED FILM EXPOSURE CALCULATOR
Pick the stock, enter the expiry date and how the roll was stored, and get an exposure index to shoot it at, with the reasoning.
TOOLOpen tool
CALCULATOR
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PRINTABLE 35MM SHOT LOG
Frame-by-frame exposure record. A pocket card for the bag, or a band that wraps the cartridge and rides inside the canister.
PRINTABLEView printable
24 / 36 FRAMES
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FILM ROLL LOG FOR A TRIP
Six rolls on one page: stock, exposure index, camera, date, status and lab notes. Print it before a trip and fill a line as each roll changes state.
PRINTABLEView printable
PDF · ONE PAGE
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AIRPORT CT SCANNERS AND FILM: HAND-CHECK GUIDE
Which major airports run CT scanners at security, and whether officers will hand-check film. Sourced and dated row by row, one page per airport, with credit to Handcheckfilm.
GUIDERead the guide
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