Just as important, it's very smart about letting you know if the film didn't load correctly.
tv > -----Original Message----- > From: Shaun Canning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Magic my a** > > > The pz-1/p system is pretty close to that, and only fails > if you do not pull > the leader across the sprocket far enough. It is generally > very reliable, > and it is operator error that results in a failure to load > rather than the > loading system. > > Cheers > > Shaun > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 27 November 2002 3:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Magic my a** > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff > Subject: Re: Magic my a** > > > > My SP has made me sweat and swear a couple of times. > > > > In 35mm, my 20 years old Minolta P&S has the best loading > system. > > Put the can in the chamber, pull the film across, close the > clear plastic > > door (which locks the film in the sprocket) and close the > camera back. Never > > failed. > > I have long wondered why Minolta never came out with more > cameras that used that system. IIRC, there were 3 in total, the > Freedom III, the Freedom DL and I think the Maxxum 5000 used it > too. > It was the best answer I saw to the complaint about 35mm being > hard to load from when I was doing the APS pre-development > surveys. > > William Robb
