Originally posted by stevebrot So now the big question might be where Lomography is sourcing the current verion of LG 400 from. Do they indicate a country of origin? It is unusual for a film canister of "western" origin to not fit a Japanese body made in the last 55 years. I have only had that problem with one of my bodies, namely using modern canisters in my Kiev 4A (1961 vintage). The chamber was made for a somewhat shorter canister than current standards shoving the film a little low between the rails.
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Steve
The DX code on the cassette is a Kodak code. The Lomo outer box says made in the USA...
The diameter of the outer spool is too large for my SP that accepts all the other spools I have to hand.
The 135 cassettes should be compatible with the DIN from '30 on physical dimensions I got very small scatters on other commercial plastic spool ends.
I'll check the '65 Kiev I have to hand next. Thanks for the prompt.
Noel
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I tend to rattle through a cassette of film, like it was digital, but I also had a bag of other film (HP5+) to hand, so I was not inconvenienced. It might be different for the rest of you.
The SP is in a bad way cosmetic, areas of chrome pitted mirror coating lifting but is way smooth to wind on close to a Leica M2! My K1000s are like USSR WWII T34 tank turrets by comparison, but they all work ok for me.