Andrew McCall wrote in message ...
Hi People,

I finally have my Yashica MAT 124G that I bought up from eBay. Its in
great condition and am pretty pleased with it.

I bought some 120 roll film for it, and started to try to work out how
to load the film - but I can't figure it out! I think I need an empty
roll from a previous film to load it correctly, but I am not too sure,
and I think this is where I am going wrong as I don't have one.

Yes, you'll need an empty spool. If you are going to have your film
processed at a local shop or lab, stop by and ask them for one. I
expect they simply toss them anyway. Otherwise if you do your own, buy
a cheap roll of film and use it to practice loading the the spools for
your developer tank as the bigger neg is a bit different feel than
loading 35 mm film.

Good luck! All the Yashicas I've used are wonderful cameras and the
124G is a very sweet one.

William