35mm cameras and 36 exposure cassettes.

Gerald C Koch said:

There was the Tessinaa wrist cameras that used very small cassettes reloaded with 35mm film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessina

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Gerald, thanks for the link, as the design of this camera is very interesting. I wonder if anyone on APUG has one?

Chan Tran said:

I like the APS cassette very much except for the smaller film size. It has lots of good features.

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That makes one but wasn't enough

cliveh said:

Gerald, thanks for the link, as the design of this camera is very interesting. I wonder if anyone on APUG has one?

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I always wanted to try it. I'm only put-off by the mirror which means the negative is flipped, and if the mirror gets dirty it will degrade quality.

blockend said:

No, I get 41 or 42 frames of Fomapan 100 plus leader and taped end in a reusable plastic cassette. It isn't a tight fit, and doesn't give an empty slot in the negative sheet or worse, a single frame occupying one slot which I find really annoying. Foma is one of the thicker emulsion and lies dead flat, unlike TX-400.

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Well loading film directly on the cassette spool requires at least 2 to 3 extra frames for each roll not counting the leaser. I appreciate what you are saying but the average person loading a regulation reloadable cassette will not get your figures. Glad it works for you but it is not the usual case.

When you put more than 36 exp in a cassette you run the risk of either damaging the film or the camera. Doing so with a camera with motorized wind seems to be particularly risky for me. Then there is the film counter that in most cameras only goes up to 36 exp.