[Leica] Strange Happenings: any help/suggestions

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Strange, frustrating and thanks ;-)

On 02/10/2005, at 11:28 PM, leo wrote:

> Alastair,
>
> I had a similar problem.
>
> I'm not familiar with your IR film, but I know that the Xpan that I 
> used to own would not load Polapan because the film was glossy on the 
> side  that faced the back of the lens (instead of matte) thereby 
> confusing the loading sensor.  Hours on the phone with the Hasssy 
> folks it took to figure this out.  They said there was no workaround: 
> no polapan in the xpan.
>
> Leo
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2005, at 9:02 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> HELP:
>>
>> Ok, we all love to paddle our own canoes, but frustrations can be 
>> extreme: any help with these two problems would be appreciated:
>>
>> 1. the XPAN will not load maco IR 820C FILM. I got very "heated" in 
>> the outback under a blanket trying
>>
>
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