[rollei_list] A tape too thin

Last night I was photographing my city spring students festival with the 
Rolleiflex 3.5F, the Vivitar flash and the Rollei grip, after to use the first 
Agfa RSXII 100 slide roll film (from the freezer), I loaded to the camera a new 
Fuji Superia color negative film, I closed the camera back and advanced the 
film to the number 1 moving the crank very quick; I perceived the film travel 
seemed long too much but I was in a hurry and had no time to think about it. 

I took the first photograph, no problem, however the crank became stiff to 
advance the film up to the frame 2, anyway the number two appeared in the 
window but the shutter did not shoot, it was not cocked. I open the camera back 
and according the film paper back numbers for 120 it advanced up to the frame 
4; I rewound the film having the idea to advance it with the crank shooting the 
shutter up to the frame 6 to use the last 6 frames, this time I advanced the 
complete roll from spool to spool and the film counter mechanism never engaged. 

I considered the film was lost, at home I rewound it again and advanced it up 
to the frame number 1 very slowly, this time the camera film counter mechanism 
engaged firmly and film advance and shutter release were normal up to the frame 
12, I repeated the sequence again, it was OK. The third time I advanced the 
film very quick (like the original first and second time) and the film counter 
did not engage, I advanced the film from spool to spool without stop. I 
discovered the cause for the problem soon, the tape to join the film with the 
paper back was thin too much, a very perceptible thickness difference regarding 
other films and even regarding other Fuji Superia batches, a film I use 
regularly. 

This is the first time I had this problem in almost 40 years using Rolleiflexes 
with the film feeler automat mechanism, I had already used the 3.5F with any 
kind of 120 film and never had the problem and then it's not an adjustment 
issue. I could see now one of the reasons (explained in the Report IV) to 
eliminate the film feeler automat mechanism for the GX could be right, I lost 
12 valuable images I could take last night because the paper back and tape for 
the film were thin too much.

Carlos 



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