[LargeFormat] Fuji Quickchange Holders

[Pete Caluori]

From: Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@megacycle.co.uk>
Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Fuji Quickchange Holders
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 10:44:36 +0000

At 15:02 07/01/02 +0000, Pete Caluori wrote:
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>I have the Quickchange system and like it, but I can't compare it to
>Grafmatics as I've never seen one.  The holder is rather well made and
>comes with a nice case; too bad Fuji didn't think to put some type of belt
>loop on the pouch, but it fits inside a large jacket pocket.
Huge snip

Thanks for all the information Pete.There may be a couple of differences
between the two holders:

The Grafmatic has a counter wheel that places a number in the edge of the
image area (can be annoying but you can remove it). The Grafmatic operates
in a similar way to the Quickload, however when you pull the darkslide to
expose the film, you push the slide in again before making the exposure.
The darkslide slides under the film spetum and ensures that it is in the
correct film plane position.  Does the Quickload operate in a way that you
keep the darkslide out for exposure?

<snip>

The fuji operates the same way: the dark slide is removed (though it never 
seperates from the holder) then pushed back in.  When it's in the out 
position a new sheet is pushed forward and when reinserted, it slips between 
the top sheet and the rest of the stack.

The Fuji also has a counter, but it doesn't print on the negative.  After 
all sheets are exposed, the counter reads "E" (if I remember correctly) and 
must be advanced manually before it can be reloaded.

Regards,  Pete

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