----- Original Message ----- From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: ME Super film take up spool
> This is verrry interrrestink ... I've never had a misload with the > "magic needles" but I'm also careful to make sure everything is just > right ... What is more intersting, I load film exactly the same way as Shel does. I have loaded film in the manner he describes for about 30 years. I won't even venture a guess about how many thousands of rolls I have loaded this way, with absolutely no loading failures at all. Not one. Not any. The MZ autoload method, on the other hand, makes me very nervous, as it puts an unseeming number of sharp bits of metal in close proximity to the film. William Robb > > First, I stick, almost force, the leader into the slot between the > needles, making sure it's in solidly, and then drag the canister back > letting the film unwind as I do so, making sure that the sprockets have > engaged the sprocket holes in the film. This usually loads the film > with very little slack. Then, before closing the camera back, I wind > the film on, making sure the film is properly engaged and hasn't slipped > from the spockets or the needles. The next step, while the back is still > open, is to rewind the film a little, making it taut, and then close the > back. Finally, I wind it on two frames, making sure the rewind crank is > turning. Once I know all is well, the crank is flipped back down, and > it's time to make some photographs. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
