Re: [photo-3d] First 3D roll

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:43 PM 8/15/2000, you wrote:
> > Could you explain what a "friction" cutter is?  I have an inexpensive Hama
> > lighted cutter which seemed to work well.  However, I was basically
> > advancing and positioning the film by eye/hand.
>
>Not sure if this is an official name but a "friction" cutter
>has a knob that when you turn it advances the film by
>friction (based on a set of rubber rollers which are in contact
>with the film strip).  Or you can pull the film by hand as you do.
>So "friction" refers to the way the film is advanced.  Other
>systems are based on a sprocket wheel.

Thanks.  Actually, I don't pull the film by hand with the Hama.  It has a 
sliding piece which hooks a film sprocket when moved in the advance 
direction, but not when it's moved back.  So you basically slide this back 
and forth to advance the film.  However, there are no pre-set measurements 
(as far as I recall offhand), so it's a matter of eyeballing the film and 
trying to line up the inter-frame gap under the cutting blade.

-pd


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