In addition to the good suggestions already given, sometimes it helps,
especially with some super8s, to bend the head of the film a bit to put
a little temporary curl in it to match the direction of the loop former.
This seems especially helpful with some super-8s.
With the Bolex super-8 18-5s, it is possible to remove the upper and
lower loop formers and the bottom film guide to turn them into manual
loads. You have to break a little plastic but it doesn't damage the
projectors to do so.
Fred Camper
Chicago
On 11/13/2016 7:55 PM, Robert Withers wrote:
Hi,
I keep encountering auto-load projectors in 16mm and S8 mm that don't load for
me. You push down the thingie at the top of the threading pattern to start
auto-loading but when the film feeds in it goes straight up after the first
curve without entering the gate. Do these projectors have issues or is there a
trick?
Need more community.
Thanks,
Robert
WithersWorks.com
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