For the first frame, wind until the 1 shows in the film counter window. To advance the film, use the dot as the reference point. The counter is hard to read, and is really more of a guide to where you are in the roll.
@manuelitac The number of frames depends on which mask you are using. Using the narrower standard width masks (36mm), you will get the same number of exposures as the roll (24 or 36 exposures). I couldn't find the frame count anywhere online for the wider masks, but using the frame width (48mm), I estimate that a 24 exposure roll will yield about 18 frames, and a 36 exposure roll will yield about 27 frames.
@nmobayed You mean the winder knob? (Not the rewind crank) It sounds like the film isn't loaded properly. The film must engage the sprockets to turn the counter wheels. As you advance the film, take a look at the rewind crank on the bottom. Shoot a few frames, it should turn as you advance the film. It may not turn at the beginning of the roll, because of slack in the cassette, but after several frames, you should see some movement.
@SylSqui When using the 35mm film back, you use the white dot in the left or right counter window, depending on which width mask you are using. When you line up the dot in the window, you take a photo, then wind the film forward until the dot reappears in the window.
@DizzyForever4Him - I'm glad you found it helpful. If you are still having trouble, I do have a Diana Mini loading video. I'm also currently editing a "Shooting with Diana Mini" video I shot while in China.
Do you have a video on how to wind up the film when your done with it? I couldn't find one, but I'm nervous to do it so it would really help me if you could give me some tips!
@karnager The shop had no 35mm film? Was it all digital? If a shop carries film, they almost always have 35mm film. Where was this? Check out your local drugstore. They sometimes carry film. It is getting harder to find, so you may have to buy it online.
@kaituba its my first owning a lomo cam...and it was a present. The problem was that my fren gotten me a 36mm film. And i was quite confused as I went to a camera store and asked the shop attendant and she say there is no 35mm film in her list.
You will get a fisheye effect, but because the 35mm frame crops much of the negative off, you can expect only a partial circle from the fisheye. I haven't seen the combination of the 35mm frame and fisheye together, but I think it would be a good combination.
I just got my Diana F+ and had a quick question. So i advanced the film and took a photo. I then forgot to advance it again for the my next shot and instead took another photo without advancing it. What would happen to the image?
@annmeow86 The film counter is not automated in that it won't stop when you've advanced a frame. It's visual. Once loaded, close the camera and you wind and watch the dot in the window make 2 revolutions. Then start shooting. After each exposure, advance the film a frame by watching the dot make 1 revolution.
@Christoff87 I haven't figured that one out yet. I do know that you get an almost normal looking image using my fisheye lens with my 35mm film adapter. I am going to do a video on this combo. It's on my list of videos to do.
Hi, i just got my diana f+ and i want to say thanks, all of your videos about this camera are very helpfull :) but i have a question, i am using the 35 mm back. When i take a picture, how do i know when to stop turning the wheel that takes the film to the next frame?? i hope you understand me, my english is not to good. bye (:
Please help, I advanced the film and totally dont know when is proper to start shooting. The Film advance dont stop and the film counting window dont show me the exact number of frames? I just dont know how to deal with this, please help me...lots of appreciation!!!
I have the same problem too. The advance spool won't lock in place to turn the film. I have been trying to get it to lock in place (and therefore advance the film) for the past 3 hours!
@demonluvv Sorry, don't know how I missed this one. Don't open the camera to look at your film. Film is light sensitive, and whatever images you had on your film will be ruined. The images won't appear until the film is processed at a lab. How do you know the film isn't advancing through the camera? Keep an eye on the rewind knob as you advance the film. It should turn, but it may take several photos before enough slack is taken out to move the knob.
Hi there, I know this may be a stupid question but I'm just shooting with my first film on this camera but I'm really confused when to use the 'P' setting and when to use the 'N' setting on the film counter thing... Whats the difference? Sorry if thats a really stupid question! Thanks
Sometimes, the rewind lever doesn't fully reset after unloading the film. If it is still engaged, the advance mechanism is still freewheeling, so it can't advance the film. Make sure it is disengaged, and then try tripping the shutter and turning the advance wheel again, with the camera back off and no film in the camera, before reloading film.
@U23Drocs I've seen many variations of the Times promo camera, so that may explain the differences in all the info on the various links. Next time I see one, maybe I'll pick it up!
Hello Kai, I'm having problems taking out that frame mask for the 120 film, It won't get out! I want to change it to the 35mm back :( It is just to hard to remove, I'm afraid to brake my Diana, but I don't know what else todo do, please help me, I've search everywhere but it seems like nobody else have had this problem, I'll be waiting for for response.. thank yooooouu
Dear Kai, This is my first attempt with the 35mm back, and I need help (the persons at the shop didnt know much about using Diana)! I have slide the film counter to the left (i.e. "N") and it showed "E". (1) Must we turn the knob from an "E" to a "1" before shooting? I did not know, so I took my very first shot on an "E", what a joke. (2) To proceed to the next frame, I'd have to turn the knob using what as reference point to know when to stop turning? The white dot or the numbers?
hey, I have a problem. I follow your directions from your movies but it still does not work. The advance spool turns when it isn't in the camera but when I put it in the camera it does not work anymore. But the film release on the bottom of the camera does turn. Thank you!
Hi there, I have a diana 35mm back and I used it with one roll of 35mm film using the 33x34mm frame as it stated that it is square Images with exposed perforations but when I got them developed the pictures were the normal rectangle 24x36mm with no exposed perforations? I wondered if anyone could tell me why they didn't come out square? Thanks, isaac
@ManicTheFanatic Congratulatuions, you just made your first double exposure. It may work out, but multiple-exposed images can be tricky. Don't worry about. See how it comes out and tuck the info away for when you may want to try this technique on purpose.
When using the smaller mask (about 24x36mm), you will get the same number of frames as the film is rated for, so with a 24 exp. roll, you will get 24 exposures.
Take a look at yor negative. It is probably as you describe, square with exposed sprockets. The problem, as it were, is with the lab you had your film processed. Unless specified that you want the entire image, no cropping, they enlarged the image to fill the paper they use. A standard one hour lab is slso unable to print images with sprocket holes. Sprocket holes are not considered image area, that's a Lomo thing. In order to show the sprockets, you need to use a lab that specializes in Lomo.
I'm sorry, I missed this message when you first posted it. I am sure you figured out how to pull out the mask. You just hook your finger in there and PULL.
For the first frame, wind until the 1 shows in the film counter window. To advance the film, use the dot as the reference point. The counter is hard to read, and is really more of a guide to where you are in the roll.
Thank You so much! I would have been lost without this video! :)
@manuelitac The number of frames depends on which mask you are using. Using the narrower standard width masks (36mm), you will get the same number of exposures as the roll (24 or 36 exposures).
I couldn't find the frame count anywhere online for the wider masks, but using the frame width (48mm), I estimate that a 24 exposure roll will yield about 18 frames, and a 36 exposure roll will yield about 27 frames.
This video just made my past hour of reading the instructions look silly, thanks!
Thanks, I'm glad you found this video helpful!
@nmobayed You mean the winder knob? (Not the rewind crank) It sounds like the film isn't loaded properly. The film must engage the sprockets to turn the counter wheels. As you advance the film, take a look at the rewind crank on the bottom. Shoot a few frames, it should turn as you advance the film. It may not turn at the beginning of the roll, because of slack in the cassette, but after several frames, you should see some movement.
@SylSqui When using the 35mm film back, you use the white dot in the left or right counter window, depending on which width mask you are using. When you line up the dot in the window, you take a photo, then wind the film forward until the dot reappears in the window.
@DizzyForever4Him - I'm glad you found it helpful. If you are still having trouble, I do have a Diana Mini loading video. I'm also currently editing a "Shooting with Diana Mini" video I shot while in China.
Do you have a video on how to wind up the film when your done with it? I couldn't find one, but I'm nervous to do it so it would really help me if you could give me some tips!
@karnager The shop had no 35mm film? Was it all digital? If a shop carries film, they almost always have 35mm film. Where was this? Check out your local drugstore. They sometimes carry film. It is getting harder to find, so you may have to buy it online.
@kaituba its my first owning a lomo cam...and it was a present. The problem was that my fren gotten me a 36mm film. And i was quite confused as I went to a camera store and asked the shop attendant and she say there is no 35mm film in her list.
You will get a fisheye effect, but because the 35mm frame crops much of the negative off, you can expect only a partial circle from the fisheye. I haven't seen the combination of the 35mm frame and fisheye together, but I think it would be a good combination.
I just got my Diana F+ and had a quick question. So i advanced the film and took a photo. I then forgot to advance it again for the my next shot and instead took another photo without advancing it. What would happen to the image?
What lens would you need to get an equivalent coverage on 35mm film as the standard diana lens on 120 film?
@annmeow86 The film counter is not automated in that it won't stop when you've advanced a frame. It's visual. Once loaded, close the camera and you wind and watch the dot in the window make 2 revolutions. Then start shooting. After each exposure, advance the film a frame by watching the dot make 1 revolution.
Is ISO 400 the preferred film speed?
@Christoff87 I haven't figured that one out yet. I do know that you get an almost normal looking image using my fisheye lens with my 35mm film adapter. I am going to do a video on this combo. It's on my list of videos to do.
@kewyah Standard 35mm frame (24x36), use the N counter.
Hi, i just got my diana f+ and i want to say thanks, all of your videos about this camera are very helpfull :)
but i have a question, i am using the 35 mm back. When i take a picture, how do i know when to stop turning the wheel that takes the film to the next frame??
i hope you understand me, my english is not to good.
bye (:
Thanks a lot!!!
this is really helpful! :)
Please help, I advanced the film and totally dont know when is proper to start shooting. The Film advance dont stop and the film counting window dont show me the exact number of frames? I just dont know how to deal with this, please help me...lots of appreciation!!!
I have the same problem too. The advance spool won't lock in place to turn the film. I have been trying to get it to lock in place (and therefore advance the film) for the past 3 hours!
The 35mm film back is a little different. There is no long paper leader to wind past to get to the first frame.
@demonluvv Sorry, don't know how I missed this one. Don't open the camera to look at your film. Film is light sensitive, and whatever images you had on your film will be ruined. The images won't appear until the film is processed at a lab. How do you know the film isn't advancing through the camera? Keep an eye on the rewind knob as you advance the film. It should turn, but it may take several photos before enough slack is taken out to move the knob.
Hi there,
I know this may be a stupid question but I'm just shooting with my first film on this camera but I'm really confused when to use the 'P' setting and when to use the 'N' setting on the film counter thing... Whats the difference? Sorry if thats a really stupid question!
Thanks
Sometimes, the rewind lever doesn't fully reset after unloading the film. If it is still engaged, the advance mechanism is still freewheeling, so it can't advance the film. Make sure it is disengaged, and then try tripping the shutter and turning the advance wheel again, with the camera back off and no film in the camera, before reloading film.
@U23Drocs I've seen many variations of the Times promo camera, so that may explain the differences in all the info on the various links. Next time I see one, maybe I'll pick it up!
what happens if you didnt install one of the image formats?
You mean the Diana+ can use both 35mm and 120 film? :O What is the difference between these two types of film?
Hello Kai, I'm having problems taking out that frame mask for the 120 film, It won't get out! I want to change it to the 35mm back :( It is just to hard to remove, I'm afraid to brake my Diana, but I don't know what else todo do, please help me, I've search everywhere but it seems like nobody else have had this problem, I'll be waiting for for response.. thank yooooouu
Dear Kai,
This is my first attempt with the 35mm back, and I need help (the persons at the shop didnt know much about using Diana)!
I have slide the film counter to the left (i.e. "N") and it showed "E".
(1) Must we turn the knob from an "E" to a "1" before shooting? I did not know, so I took my very first shot on an "E", what a joke.
(2) To proceed to the next frame, I'd have to turn the knob using what as reference point to know when to stop turning? The white dot or the numbers?
Gracias!! Super útil! Casi rompo mi adaptador nuevo por no saber meter el rollo!!
does this camera operate on batteries?
what happen if you don't set the counter on E how can you tell when the film is over?
hey, I have a problem. I follow your directions from your movies but it still does not work. The advance spool turns when it isn't in the camera but when I put it in the camera it does not work anymore. But the film release on the bottom of the camera does turn. Thank you!
@hidoko12 The video I made for DIY 35mm was done with a Holga, but will work with almost any 120 film camera.
Hi there, I have a diana 35mm back and I used it with one roll of 35mm film using the 33x34mm frame as it stated that it is square Images with exposed perforations but when I got them developed the pictures were the normal rectangle 24x36mm with no exposed perforations? I wondered if anyone could tell me why they didn't come out square? Thanks, isaac
@ManicTheFanatic Congratulatuions, you just made your first double exposure. It may work out, but multiple-exposed images can be tricky. Don't worry about. See how it comes out and tuck the info away for when you may want to try this technique on purpose.
When using the smaller mask (about 24x36mm), you will get the same number of frames as the film is rated for, so with a 24 exp. roll, you will get 24 exposures.
@WTFitsAngie Yes, I find that ISO 400 films work best in most situations.
@karnager What is your question?
@HerrCrowmann Any 35mm film can be used in the 35 mm film back. No need to buy the specially branded item.
I used the 33x34mm frame mask stating they come out square but they came out as a normal rectangle photo? Does anyone know why ? Thanks
Did you already find out how to fix this? I have the same problem
@ldeguzman No, no batteries needed.
Thanks :)
@MissSara Yes, there is an unload video: bitDOTly/kDiana35Unload replace the DOT with a .
Sorry, youtube doesn't like links in the comments.
@MissSara ...or do a search for "How to Unload 35mm Film Back on a Diana+" in my youtube channel
When I try to load the film, it's like the advance wheel isn't strong enough to pull the film. The sprockets just come loose. Please help me ):
Take a look at yor negative. It is probably as you describe, square with exposed sprockets. The problem, as it were, is with the lab you had your film processed. Unless specified that you want the entire image, no cropping, they enlarged the image to fill the paper they use. A standard one hour lab is slso unable to print images with sprocket holes. Sprocket holes are not considered image area, that's a Lomo thing. In order to show the sprockets, you need to use a lab that specializes in Lomo.
I'm sorry, I missed this message when you first posted it. I am sure you figured out how to pull out the mask. You just hook your finger in there and PULL.
eh i got question...i bought a fujifilm superia xtra 400 ..36mm. 24x36mm
omg big mistake...
Take a look at mail order labs like thedarkroomDOTcom - replace the DOT with a . Or google for a Holga or Lomography processing lab near you.
Diana+ 35mm 底片安裝
Chad please don't tell me you can see the film when you take it out