I just finished shooting a roll through the LC-A 120. I will need to use it more to get a proper feel for it, but I did have fun with it; however, it does have some quirks.
1) Loading the film was easy, unlike a lot of reviews I've read and watched. Maybe I'm used to loading film in different cameras, bulk-loading, re-spooling, developing reels... However, to get 12 frames, you do need to line the start arrow on the backing paper with the first roller, not the arrow over the frame.
2) The 120 does not have a lever to open the shell. Instead, it just slides up, which is fine, but it's not smooth. Build quality again is not great for the price. The original LC-A's feel a lot sturdier.
3) The shutter button has a long travel and has quite a bit of resistance, so after shooting my first roll, I added the red soft-release button.
4) Again with the shutter button: if you push it down, it will lock, but if you don't push down far enough, it will not fire the shutter. On my first frame this happened. I pushed the button down, but not far enough, so the shutter did not fire. I did not hear the shutter, so I tried to press the button again, but it had locked. I figured I just didn't hear because of the ambient noise, so I just advanced the film. Turns out, the first frame was blank. The easy way to "fix" this, is to switch the "MX" on. In multiple exposure mode, the shutter button can be pressed as many times as you want to fire the shutter; it will not lock down.
5) Lever for setting distance has 4 distances; it clicks into place on only two of them. No clicks on 0.6 and infinity. It's kinda like having a lens with aperture clicks for all stops, except on max and min apertures.
I've actually loaded another roll into the LC-A 120 already, but 35mm HP5. The 120 negatives looked properly exposed, but when I scanned it, a lot seemed over-exposed, so it could well be my Epson V550 scanner. With 35mm, I can use my Pakon F135 to get more accurate scans. Overall, the LC-A is a cool new toy for me.
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