roll film

Spooled camera medium

Roll film is photographic film wound on a spool, allowing multiple exposures without reloading between shots.

Before roll film, photographers used individual glass plates or sheet film.

The format made cameras portable and photography practical for amateurs: She loaded a fresh roll of film into the camera.

Roll film dominated consumer photography until digital cameras largely replaced it.

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exposure · darkroom · contact sheet · Kodak · negatives · celluloid · cartridge · developing · sprockets · advance · rewind · loading · ISO · frames · emulsion · light-sensitive · snapshot · analog

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Portable digital data chip

image sensor · SD card · digital storage · flash memory · RAW file

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