P3D Repost on Iloca

[Project3D@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 07/12/98  16:33:11, Paul Talbot wrote:

<<  Following Piper's advice to be sure to use a long leader*, I have
 had no problem whatsoever advancing film through my Iloca.  As far
 as I can tell from looking at the camera, the Iloca *does not use*
 the film sprocket holes at all.  I don't know the right terminology
 for the parts, but you just slip the film under the metal tab that
 is part of the take-up spool; the advance works just by keeping the
 film "locked" to the take-up spool via the metal tab.>>

Of course, because the sprocket is buried right inside the camera, it's not
evident to the average user that there is one at all! It works on the sprocket
hole counting method - the sprocket gear is an "idler" that is rotated by the
passage of the film. It is locked every 7 and then 21 sprocket holes to give
the 1 and three wind pattern. The film is actually transported by being pulled
by the wind on spool.

It's worth noting that there is nothing to set for rewinding the film - the
sprocket wheel cannot lock in the rewind direction.

Bob Aldridge


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