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     Mattboston Tinkerer Username: Mattboston Post Number: 14 Registered: 01-2009 Rating: N/A |
Hi Punkinhead, The Rollei will crank the film in and keep cranking until the thickness rollers get tripped. Once tripped, the counter goes to frame one and the winding stops. These are the two rollers on the bottom of the camera that you feed the film through when loading- one of the rollers is on a type of spring. When the film (plus the backing paper) hits the rollers they need to spread apart some, since film+paper is thicker than just the paper. This is the "auto" part of "automat." You can hear a "click" sound when the backing paper spreads this roller, triggering a spring to start the film counter. Some films and backing papers are thicker than others- this explains why one type of film works better than another. You probably need to adjust this roller and set it to trip a bit earlier. Matt |