When I loaded the Zero the other day, I changed the framing brackets to get a 6 x 9 (or was it 6 x 7.5?) format. When I started taking the pinholes at Hollywood cemetery, I'd completely forgotten I made that change and thought I was using 6 x 6. Consequently, the result is one long, continuous negative strip of images!
I don't typically make overlapped pinholes, as I do with the Holga. So this situation was a bit disconcerting...and amusing! It was slightly challenging to figure out how to cut the negatives and divide the frames for scanning. While this particular situation wasn't anticipated, I always ask for my color negatives to not be cut after processing (one of these days I'll learn how to process color film) which is a good thing. Honestly, I don't think the lab would have known what to do and would've called.
In the end, I'm rather pleased with the mistake! It gives me something to consider when making more pinholes in the future. I had fun finding the best framing for the images that emerged. Granted, the sizing is all over the map and individual, but I guess there's nothing wrong with that.
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