I have both an older metal 545 film holder, and a newer 545i plastic holder, and they jam up more than occasionally during a shoot. What happens is the metal band along the bottom edge of the film catches inside while pulling the film out. I have to stop shooting and open the whole thing up to clean the developer off the rollers and free the film. I''m about to give up shooting this film, even though I love the instant negs. and the rough edges. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening? I've had two shoots recently where I had to stop shooting film because both holders had film jammed in them.
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