I don’t have a demo but I can try to explain how it works. From the spool to the end of the two channel aluminum rail is the length the film needs to be. The bottom channel is for backing paper and the top is for film. Having the film in the top channel allows you to cut the film to the proper length after feeding it off the bulk roll. The bulk roll mounts on the empty post in the first picture. So I can work in the dark I mark a spot on the backing paper with tape so I know where the un-taped end of the film starts since this needs to be your starting point when you roll it. That tape just allows you to feel for the correct location. I roll the backing paper onto the spool to the point where that tape is then clip it with a clothes pin to hold it in place. I then pull the film through the top channel and tuck it into the spool. Next I cut the film to length using the channel as a guide. Then I attach a pre-cut piece of tape to that end of the film With about half of it off the film. Then you just crank it all onto the spool, the channels keep everything straight and the tape attaches itself to the backing paper when it goes into the spool. The wood block on the end past where the bulk roll is placed holds the backing paper flat on that end. When you start rolling it just pulls out from under the block.
I hope that makes sense, feel free to ask questions if it doesn’t. One of the hard parts is getting the tape on the end of the film in the dark leaving enough to attach to the backing paper. I pre cut the tape a little shorter than the film width to allow for some error. The key to this working properly is keeping the taped end of the film separate from the backing paper until it goes into the spool. If you taped it to the paper first you will get rumpled paper. The channel helps guide you when attaching the tape to the film. So far it has worked really well for me.
oops..a digit off. Well they are both square!
Really clever. It seems like with this you only need to wind the film once. Really clever. The way I do it is to tape the film into the spool, roll the film on the spool, then roll it backwards to get the untaped end where it needs to go. Takes about 5 minutes per roll, but I bet this contraption could get a roll down to 2. If I ever decide to make rolls at a larger scale, I’ll have to keep this in mind!
This is 126. I have a bunch of 126 cameras that I can't use because they rely on using 126 film that has the proper sprockets.
Sawyer Mark IV is my current grail camera. I've been looking for a deal on one for a few years now.
I had an eye on the Komaflex, the only thing really holding me back is the complicated instructions on how not to mess up the shutter. I have enough messed up cameras as is and I'm not very good at repairing what I break. Fiddly cameras are for some, not for me.
I bought a Komaflex new in, IRRC , 1960. A nice camera with a good 4 element f2.9 lens. I shot a lot of Ektachrome which I processed myself. E-2 process, IRRC. Superslides are spectacular!
Eventually the automatic diaphragm stopped closing down; repairs are very expensive. Yes, one needs to follow the instructions for loading and cocking the shutter. If 127 were cheaper and more readily available I might spring for the repairs.
I am uncertain why it would need TWO windows.
Ah! The weirdness with this camera just never stops...Because it's a 3x4, and the center framing track on 127 is for 4x6.5.
Just ordered a wide angle and telephoto set of auxiliary lenses for my Yashica 44. It should be interesting, but I don't have real high hopes for optical performance, as I also have the same style set for my Yashicamat 124G and they are not real good performers.
But what the heck, the price was very reasonable and if the wide angle attachment is fairly good, I will probably leave it attached to the 44. One thing that bugs me about the Yashica 44 is the 60mm lens; it seems much too long for the format as a "normal" lens, no matter the math.
I wasn't even really aware these were manufactured until I ran across a mention of the Sun Model 44 Auxiliary Lens set on a webpage devoted to Yashica TLRs.
Now I have to find these things. They come as a set of two?
Only if the seller bought both sets! Typically, they come as a set of taking and viewing lenses for either wide angle or telephoto.
(borrowed from the auction I won)
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