Greetings everyone. I just joined this site today as a means of preparing for the acquisition of an SL66 E. My name is Walter and I am a Sydney based professional whose career kicked off in 1965.
In 1969 I bought my first SL66 and acquired an entire system around it. What concerns me is FILM TRANSPORT. In that early system I had two 6x6 roll film holders. One worked perfectly and the other used to crimp the edge of the film, sometimes rendering it impossible to wind the film further. This would in turn lead to problems with loading the film into reels for processing. I heard of many other SL66 users at the time who had similar problems.
So, my question is, does this problem persist in later models or did the design folk fix it. I am not certain of the vintage of the SL66E that I am getting but it would have to be years later than that first unit I purchased.
Cheers,
Walter