Recent content by Big-Jim

Good to know ! BTW which film were you using ? I'm using Portra 400 120. When you have this problem how were you managing to get the film to advance past exposure 1 ?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. As mentioned above I aligned the arrows correctly, closed the back and wound the film until it stopped and frame number 1 is shown. Interesting in your post is that you suggest after this I should then wind counter clockwise in the other direction...

Thanks for the reply. As far as I know the film was loaded correctly. I lined the arrows up with the 120 marker before closing the back. I wind on until the film locks. Take a shot. Crank is stuck. I've then played round with the self timer switch marked M & X, depressed the shutter a few more...

Dear All, New to this forum and new to TLR ! I purchased a Yashica Mat 134G in near mint condition. I have now run two rolls of 120 film through it and have noticed the following : Having loaded both films, after taking the first shot the winder is stuck. I play around until I can double...