[photo-3d] Re Various

[Peter Homer <P.J.Homer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>My FED stereo (pre BOY) has a hard film advance.  The first fix was to shim
>up the film cartridge with a cut-down washer as the Russian cartridge is
>.050" shorter than ours.

I had not realised there was a slight difference in the size of the cartridges I will try to shim my FED. I have in the past had problems with the camera failing to wind on at all towards the end of a 36 roll. When I read "Hard" filmadvance I thought at first that yours did not have the slipping clutch which can cause this problem, but I see below that it does. It is possible to stop the clutch slipping altogether but I have not attempted this so far.

>I think it would help to crease the film after inserting it into the slot,
>otherwise it creates a bulge that drags....Also, you should locate the
>film about 1/8" above the bottom of the spool to avoid cross winding it and
>making it larger in diameter.

I will try these suggestions although I am not quite shure what you mean by "crease the film"

>I also got light leaks after having taped most of the back seam with black
>masking tape.  This happened on the beach on Sanibel FL.  I skipped one
>place right under the viewfinder and I think the light came in there.

I have had some problems with light leaks but they do not sound as bad as this,
I tape around the shutter button mounting but not the back seam and that seems to do it.      P.J.Homer