Re: Spud sightings

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Erker wrote:

>   Whoa. The Sputnik won't work with 220 film.
> There's no paper backing in the middle (film section)
> of the roll. Thus a red window camera will fog
> the film totally.

Thanks Joel and Greg for the warnings.  I sure didn't stay on
that cloud very long!  ;)  I thought I once read something about
220 not having the paper backing, when I first got the Ricohflex,
but the local pro lab assured me there was no difference other
than the length of the film.  With advice like that, good thing
I didn't pay *their* price for the 220.

>   I suppose you could leave the red window closed
> and go by knob turns to guess where to stop. But
> I doubt you could get the maximum number of shots
> on the film since you'd have to leave a big gap
> for safety.

Well at $1.89 I guess I won't be too devastated to get
a couple fewer shots.  My 120 film in my Ricohflex seems
to invariably fog (much worse, actually) because somewhere
along the way the camera back comes open.  The latch
mechanism is not very secure.

>   Also the plane of focus won't be quite right,
> since 120 with its paper backing is thicker than
> the film-only 220.

Gotta think about that one...you mean the absence of
the paper will keep the pressure plate (if that's what
a Spud has) from holding the film firmly enough to
get it to the plane of focus?  Or is that not how
a Spud is built?

What about scratches?

Thanks,
Paul