----- Original Message ----- From: Bill D. Casselberry Subject: Re: film take up spools, etc
> Wheatfield wrote: > > > Not at all. Were it a Bronica, it would be an imperfect camera. > > The 6x7 is merely an unforgiving camera in some respects. > > After using med-format folders for all these many years, I > find no problem loading the 6x7 - I do find it beneficial > to have a bit of slack in the film going onto the take-up > spool, though. Allows a good initial wrap-around since the > 6x7 has more resistance from the feeder spool than my simple > folders & the Yaschica TLR. To be fair, I find that some spool/ paper leader combinations are worse than others. Trying to load an Ilford film onto a Kodak spool seems to be the worst combination. Brother William - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
