On mine both spools stay tightly rolled. There is a mechanism that prevents the take-up spool from turning backwards. It is quite nicely engineered for such a simple design.
I use a small flashlight to view the frae numbers when winding the film. Mike Vande Bunt Soren Svensson wrote: > > There isn't much to discuss there, but the wind knob isn't geared > > and it's > > not all that smooth, but that's not a big deal. The back fits reasonably > > well for a wood-to-wood connection. > > Thanks for the good info. > I do have a follow-up question though. > > Right now I have a 6x9 Lochkamera > (http://www.pinholeresource.com/products.html#lochkamera) and the film > winding drives me nuts. > If I don't secure the winding-knobs with rubber bands, they wind up as soon > as I let go of them. And even if I use rubber bands, the film does not get > winded (sp?) tightly. In fact, it's usually so lose that I get light damage > at the edges of the film when I take the film out of the camera. > > How would you say that the Zero 2000 performs in this respect? > > Regards > Soren > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???????/discussion/