travis_gray Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I've been a Holga user for a few months and just bought the Polaroid back. After wasting a pack of film (and feeling very stupid) I have a question on how to load it since the steps and photos on the instructions aren't super clear. When you load your film pack into the camera, are you supposed to thread the lightproof paper through the rollers? Or do you just leave it hanging out the side below where the cover naturally closes over it (and then somehow the film feeds through the rollers)? Thanks for your input...can't wait to get started taking some photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 << When you load your film pack into the camera, are you supposed to thread the lightproof paper through the rollers? Or do you just leave it hanging out the side below where the cover naturally closes over it (and then somehow the film feeds through the rollers)? >> I ran into this as well and did the exact same thing you did. :) Do not feed the lightproof paper through the rollers. Let the back close on the paper and just pull it out in one easy move. The small white pull-tabs will be right where they need to be for you to pull out the first sheet. The pull-tabs don't feed through the rollers either. They will pull the film leader out like they're supposed to :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedmartini Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Rob is correct. I would also recommend that you try to pull all of your film and tabs straight out (or as close as possible) and keep your rollers clean. And don't forget to post some of your images. I've been having a blast with my Holgaroid! Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edthened Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Do you get a 6x6 image or is it full size? Edwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 << Do you get a 6x6 image or is it full size? >> If you have a full-frame Polaroid Back for the Holga, the image area is 2.75 x 2.88 in (6.9 x 7.2 cm) which is the size of the image area on Type 80 film. However, the first Holga back released by Polaroid was not full frame, and produced an image about 5.5cm x 5.7cm (this is a rough estimate because my ruler here is pretty bad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis_gray Posted September 8, 2005 Author Share Posted September 8, 2005 Thanks for the quick replies everybody. I'll try to post some photos once I get some time to take some worthy shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis_gray Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 finally got around to scanning a couple of my first shots...<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ 68101704@N00/49886827/in/set-1082880/">here's a link to one.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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