How important is the direction of your film when loading and why does the film tail have an angle?

Answer 1

The film should always have the emulsion side facing towards the lens, because that's where the image is made. Cameras are made so that the film can only go in that way.

The angle is to make loading easier. It's like threading a needle. A smaller area goes in easier, and it guides the rest along.

Answer 2

There is a historic reason for that long "tongue" with an angle. It goes back to Oskar Barnack's first Leica camera, which used 35mm movie film loaded into a cassette, exactly as it is today. The Leica did not have a back that could be opened, so the film was loaded from the removable bottom of the camera body. The cartridge went in on the left, then the tongue was threaded across the focal plane, and went into one of the slots on the take-up spool on the right. The angle made it easy to "drop in" the tongue into the slot. Now that camera design has changed, most backs open and so it is not that important. Accordingly, the angled tongue has now been shortened by film manufacturers.

As for the "direction" of film," I wonder if you are asking about left-to right versus right-to-left film travel. Both designs exist. It really doesn't matter, except that automatic printing mechanisms read the bottom of the negative as "bright sky" and tend to ignore it, but when film travels in the other direction (because of camera design) the "sky" ends up being in the "ground" location.

Answer 3

it is very important because you want the sensitive side of the film that records light to face where the light will come through. the tail of the film is at an angle so that it makes it easy to wind the film.

Answer 4

hhhmmm...I had this question on a test, when I took photography....so, I will answer yours in this way...
It is very important, and the angle is to give you an idea of which way the film is loaded.