[rollei_list] Re: Re : Difficult To Load?

But when Leica changed to a fixed slotted take-up spool in the M4 series, its film loading went from PITA to Best Ever. In re Hasselblad mags, a world renowned photographer once confessed to me he had been loading his incorrectly for the large part of a decade before discovering the error. There are too many blad functions simply not intuitive in use.

Allen Zak

On Jul 19, 2010, at 8:19 PM, Peter K. wrote:

Hit send too quick. The most difficult cameras to load for me were the old Contax with the stupid drop off back and the removable spool, followed by the Leica M. Leica did the smart thing by using the Minolta invented swing open back on the R, they were just too stupid, some would say stubborn, to make the M with the same to make it a better camera. But that is all gone with digital, where Leica among others makes their real money from these days.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hassy backs are not that bad. The little Bronica ETR back were a PITA.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Richard,

If some people thin that Rolleiflex TLRs are hard to load, they should try a  Hasselblad
A12 back !

Jerry lehrer


Richard Knoppow wrote:
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Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:33 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Kodak Film Formats


At 01:26 AM 7/19/2010, David Sadowski wrote:
>Ease of film loading was touted as the major advantage of 126 as can
>stated in this period ad.  Back then, a lot of snapshots had some
>degree of edge fog due to improper loading (you were supposed to do it
>in the shade).

127 film is a LOT easier to load than was the 135
film of the era.  If Kodak touted the ease of
loading of 126, it was to show its "superiority"
over 126.  Take a dare:  load your Canon R1 and
then load your Baby Grey Rollei.  See which one
is easier to load --  hint:  Rollei wins, yet again.

Marc

   The difficulty in loading 35mm cameras depends a lot on the design of the camera. Certainly cameras with openable or removeable backs are easier to load than the original Leica which reqired guiding the film into a slot. My Nikon F is practically drop-in loading as is my ancient Exakta Varex.
   I've never found roll film cameras to be difficult to load but then I am fairly adept at mechanical things, there are people who can't make instant coffee without knocking something over (even when sober) so I can imagine that some people would find a Box Brownie hard to load.

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