RoboRepublic
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Hi folks, recently fell in love with the panoramic format and have been loading 135mm on to 120mm backing paper and spinning it up in my mamiya 7.
I know there are a number of ways to go about this, but i quite like the versatility of using backing paper, despite having the 135 adapter for the camera.
I'm using bulk loaded film and my question is this: when i load the film into the camera, i noticed immediately how much stiffer the film advance is. I'm wondering what might be the cause for this?
Am I winding the film on to the spool with too much tension such that the take up spool has to do additional work to unwind the unexposed film?
Alternatively, another thought I had is that the tension is sufficient, but because the film is bulk rolled (I'm at the start of 100ft roll) its relatively flat, and winding it onto the spool necessarily means it will want to unwind once released (there by expanding in the spool slot and adding more friction).
Thoughts? Prayers? Thanks!
I know there are a number of ways to go about this, but i quite like the versatility of using backing paper, despite having the 135 adapter for the camera.
I'm using bulk loaded film and my question is this: when i load the film into the camera, i noticed immediately how much stiffer the film advance is. I'm wondering what might be the cause for this?
Am I winding the film on to the spool with too much tension such that the take up spool has to do additional work to unwind the unexposed film?
Alternatively, another thought I had is that the tension is sufficient, but because the film is bulk rolled (I'm at the start of 100ft roll) its relatively flat, and winding it onto the spool necessarily means it will want to unwind once released (there by expanding in the spool slot and adding more friction).
Thoughts? Prayers? Thanks!