64 is shown in fig7 which is particularly suitable for a camera frame in which the film roll chamber has an open end in addition to the open side this apparatus 64 handles the film roll 15 and the film cartridge 62 on separate retaining portions 66 67 in which the film roll is sandwiched between a pair of arcuate film roll handling members 68 each configured to prevent film roll clockspringing while supporting the film roll the apparatus 64 is made movable by means of an articulating robotic arm 70 additional details regarding the operation and use of this tooling is described in u s ser no 08 607 844 filed feb 27 1996 which was previously incorporated by reference the camera frame 12 is mounted in a darkroom according to this embodiment to an assembly table 60 having means for mounting thereto the vacuum apparatus 34 the camera frame 12 is positioned with the front side of the frame facing the top surface 61 of the table 60 and the front mating portion 48 aligned with the block element 36 as shown in fig6 by providing a recess from the top surface 44 of the block member 36 for accommodating the front mating portion 48 an effective seal is made for the application of vacuum through the slots 42 52 either prior to insertion.