film spool dimemsions/ film source

[jamiehy <jamiehy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Rich Campbell:  Thanks for your offer to lend a spool to me.  The
>Al-VistaStyle 5D is a swing-lens panoramic camera that used roll film and
>produced a negative 5" X 16".  I don't know how many pictures were on a roll.
> I had a roll of 5" rollfilm in its original box a few years ago but I sold
>it to a camera store which is using it as a display item. Then I got the
>camera.  I'll call and see if I can get the number of the film. -- Marty Magid

According to a 1903 al-vista catalog, the 5-d took four exposures on a
roll. This would have been film from multiscope though. Don't know how much
on a kodak roll. I have a 5-b al-vista and a #5 cirkut, and I make my 5"
spools two ways, from 120 spools ends fitted into a brass tube, and from
cut down cirkut spools. I then turn the cirkut spool ends down to the right
diameter on a wood lathe.

By the way Lotus camera usa has a fresh  5" roll by 100' of 200 iso B&W
pan film for sale in stock for anyone thats interested