I have been a quiet listener since V4#108 and have learned a great deal since. Having never taken an SLR picture prior to my N70 purchase, this list has been invaluable. Some things just do not seem to be documented anywhere and can only be learned through experience, so now I call upon your experience. I have an N70 and did a few mid-roll changes assuming the frames would be 'lined up' the same upon each reload. Is that a bad assumption? Do I need to have them hand indexed? Should I skip a frame upon each reload in the future? For those of you who are interested, it is quite easy to leave the film leader out on the N70. I only do it in SL mode (silent rewind) since it rewinds more slowly. Start the rewind and watch the counter with your finger planted firmly on the back release. 3, 2, 1, 0, (imagine) -1, open on -2! Works perfectly. (You must then close the back and rewind again before loading another roll.) I can't seem to crack the RTFM shorthand, can someone spell it out for me?