**************I was wondering why 35mm film has a tapered leader. Why not just cut it off straight across?
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(I feel ashamed asking this, since I'm an engineer.)
My Yashica Lynx has a slot sized for tapered film on the take-up spool, so when I bulk load I always have to cut a little notch in the leader so I can load it. That's probably a product of film having a taper though, rather than a reason for it...
Yep, some cameras need the little tongue to load into the takeup spool. A lot of manual Nikons are like this.
I was wondering why 35mm film has a tapered leader. Why not just cut it off straight across?
:confused:
(I feel ashamed asking this, since I'm an engineer.)
I expect the origin of this is historical - probably related to something about the configuration of the original Leica cameras.
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My neighbour is an engineer and asked me around Easter this year, while manhandling 'Brutus', if left-handed people have difficulty with cameras made predominantly for right-handed folk. What-ho. Well, do they? :confused:
My Exakta cameras don't need a leader cut for loading. I can also use 2 cartridges, one full and one empty, then cut the film in camera with the built in knife. Unload the exposed cartridge and then spool the unused one to continue shooting. Great for different exposure conditions. Of course the standard cut leaders work as well with the regular take up spool.
My neighbour is an engineer and asked me around Easter this year, while manhandling 'Brutus', if left-handed people have difficulty with cameras made predominantly for right-handed folk. What-ho. Well, do they? :confused:
Aha! That answers something that has been in the back of my mind for years, i.e. when is the numbering/info imprinted on the film. That would be sometime at or after this point, so the numbering can be in the right orientation because the 2nd taper film has to be flipped 180 degrees before it is spooled on a cassette.So, the cut is 2 tapers at one punch and you have 2 rolls ready to spool.
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My neighbour is an engineer and asked me around Easter this year, while manhandling 'Brutus', if left-handed people have difficulty with cameras made predominantly for right-handed folk. What-ho. Well, do they? :confused:
My main camera is an OM-1. I focus and set exposure with the left hand and trip the shutter with the right.
The trays in my darkroom run right to left.
And I use my left hand to focus, set exposure and release the shutter on my OM cameras (right hand holds the camera and winds the film).
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