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1. Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:24:52 JST Eugen Rochko

   Loading up 120 film is a lot more tricky than 35mm, and the winder on the Pentax 6x7 has a lot more resistance than I anticipated. Took a while to figure out while the shutter wouldn’t fire. I think it works, but only one way to find out.

   #BelieveInFilm

   • 𝚝𝚓𝚠 (thomasjwebb@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:27:36 JST 𝚝𝚓𝚠

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     @Gargron maybe I've just gotten used to it but to me 120 doesn't have a lot of the frustrations that 135 has given me since I was a kid. I appreciate that I don't have to use special tricks (that only work on certain cameras) to get the maximum photos out of the roll and still end up wasting some film. 220 on the other hand... that's the worst of both worlds.

   • Lennart Koopmann (_lennart@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:28:24 JST Lennart Koopmann

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     @Gargron are you developing yourself? ... because loading the 120 film on a spindle is also an adventure in the beginning 😂

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:41:51 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • MFierst

     @mfierst @thomasjwebb The window on the back displays 120. What tripped me up is the shutter would not fire until the exposure counter reached 1. I was expecting the first frame to be at the big red 0.

   • MFierst (mfierst@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:41:52 JST MFierst

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     @thomasjwebb @Gargron
     220 is another beast indeed.
     I hope you did check the backplate @Gargron . Most medium format camera's have a 120 and a 220 backplate. Usually the can be turned around to switch between the two.

     Getting a 120 roll to load with the 220 backplate, is at a another level. If that works at all, it will be very heavy on the winder.

   • 𝚝𝚓𝚠 (thomasjwebb@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:44:54 JST 𝚝𝚓𝚠

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     • MFierst

     @Gargron @mfierst ah yeah I guess that is confusing coming from 135. I don't know how the Pentax is but for both of my Mamiyas, you just keep advancing until you get to 0 (and rest easy knowing you're just exposing paper).

   • GoatsLive (goatslive@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:49:37 JST GoatsLive

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     @Gargron I loved my Yashica 635A 120 camera, wish I still had it!