Jean-David Beyer said:

When I load sheet film, I have a much easier way of determining if I
accidently loaded the film in the darkslide slot: Before even trying to
reinsert the dark slide, I flip the bottom flap into the position it will
need to go. If it does not go in flush with the rest of the holder when
pressing very gently, I know already that I goofed and just reload the
sheet. Forcing the darkslide in will at least scratch the film, and who
needs that!

I think you must have misunderstood my suggestion. I didn't suggest that
the dark slide be forced in. After inserting the film and before sliding the
dark slide into place I suggested just touching the two corners of the rail
and with your finger and that will tell you whether the film is loaded
properly or not. Nothing is being forced into anything.

It sounds like you remove the dark slide entirely from the holder when
loading film since you speak of "reinserting" it. I don't do that, I just
pull the dark slide about half way up when loading film rather than removing
it entirely from the holder. I guess some of us find some things easier
than others but it doesn't seem to me that removing and replacing the dark
slide with each sheet of film being loaded and then checking how the flap
fits is "much easier" than leaving the dark slide in the holder and just
touching two corners of the rail with your finger. And of course it's
possible for the flap to fit flush with the rest of the holder even if the
film is imporperly loaded. I actually would think the give away of improper
loading if you remove the dark slide entirely wouldn't be how the flap fits
but rather would be the difficulty encountered in putting the dark slide
back in the holder with the film in the dark slide slots. But perhaps I
don't follow exactly what you're doing and even if I do, to each his or her
own, whatever works for you, etc. etc.

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Vladamir30 wrote:
John Bartley said:

I put in the film holder, pulled out the dark

slide, snapped the picture and went to put the dark slide back in - NO
GO!! Aaarrrg!


You presumably loaded the film in the rails upon which the dark slide
moves
up and down rather than below those rails which is where the film is
supposed to go. This used to happen to me all the time because it's very
easy to do and is extremely frustrating. Fortunately there is an easy
way to
prevent it.

In daylight pull the darkslide of an empty holder up a couple inches.
Look
at the interior of the holder, at the base where the flap is. It will
be
very obvious that there are rails upon which the darkslide slides up and
down and that the film is supposed to go under the bottom of the two
rails.
The bottom rail on each side of the holder has a sharp corner (at least
all
of mine do, some new, some ancient). When you're actually loading film,
after you've got the film in the holder just rub your finger in the area
where those two corners are located and see if you can feel the corners
with
your finger. If you can then the film is loaded properly. If you can't
what
you will feel instead is the film resting on top of the corner. If
that's
the case then you have the film in the dark slide rails and you need to
remove it and start over (no, touching the film with your finger won't
create a smudge or otherwise hurt the film). This is one of those things
that takes five minutes to describe in writing and maybe five seconds
max to
actually do but hopefully this is clear.

When I load sheet film, I have a much easier way of determining if I
accidently loaded the film in the darkslide slot: Before even trying to
reinsert the dark slide, I flip the bottom flap into the position it will
need to go. If it does not go in flush with the rest of the holder when
pressing very gently, I know already that I goofed and just reload the
sheet. Forcing the darkslide in will at least scratch the film, and who
needs that!

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