I have never had my XAs tear film in 20+ years of using them under many
different conditions.
Jim Couch
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>I've had an XA with A11 flash for a couple of years and never used it.
>I wanted a pocketable camera along on a trip so I decided to try it out.
> I shared a test roll of film between it and my Sylus Epic that also
>hadn't been used in quite awhile. I ended up taking both cameras but
>only used the Epic since I was concerned about the XA possibly tearing film.
>
>When I loaded the test roll it went first into the XA since I knew I
>couldn't control the Epic's behaviour of completely rolling the film
>leader into the casette. On the first try winding the film on the XA I
>encountered a fair amount of resistance after a couple rolls of the
>thumbwheel. I thought the resistance was simply cocking the shutter but
>when the thumbwheel suddenly released and started spinning easily I
>realized that I had broken the film sprockets... something I have never
>done in 40 years on any camera.
>
>I opened the camera and noticed for the first time ever that the XA only
>pulls the film on one side. I then used a pair of scissors to trim up a
>new leader. After reloading the camera I wound my test images very
>gingerly and had no further problem.
>
>Both the XA and the Epic ended up producing nicely exposed images so I
>took both cameras with me on the trip. However, I couldn't bring myself
>to use the XA for fear of tearing the film sprockets again.
>
>Anybody had this experience? Is this common or was I being heavy handed
>on the thumbwheel?
>
>Thanks for any advice,
>Chuck Norcutt
>
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