Although it's a bit late in the day of film to be discussing loading
techniques.....
Early in my photography life I acquired the habit of hooking up the
leader to the take-up spool first, with the film cassette still held
in my hand. Only when the leader was firmly held in its slot or
needles did I draw the cassette across and engage it onto the rewind
shaft. This kept the leader short and stiff when hooking up to the
take-up spool, and avoided handling a slack length of leader which is
what happens when using the conventional method of rewind hookup
first, take-up hookup second.
regards, Anthony
"Of what use is lens and light
to those who lack in mind and sight"
(Anon)
2009/8/3 Joseph McAllister <[email protected]>:
> Loved the concept. It worked. But I could never break myself of the habit of
> putting a lengthwise curl on the film to stiffen it to try to insert it into
> the needles. That just never worked right, and the force to insert the film
> deep enough to be certain the film would stay put usually folded the film.
>
> What worked on the second try was holding the film on both sides with little
> sticking out, and pushing on it while I let my fingers part around the
> spool.
>
> Any other ways tried left the film crooked between the needles, which did
> not then self straighten as you wound the film, creating a bump in the film
> as it wound.
>
> In other words, it worked, but I personally found it awkward. If I had done
> as I did when I learned to load film on 135 and 120 Nikor reels, and
> practiced for a few dozen times before trying it in haste, I probably would
> have loved it.
>
> On Aug 2, 2009, at 16:46 , Adam Maas wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Dario Bonazza<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Adam Maas wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM, P. J. Alling<[email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (and did I mention I hate those damned magic needles?)
>>>>>
>>>>> Who doesn't?
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Never had a problem with the magic needles thing. My first SLR has been a
>>> MX
>>> and I've done quite a lot af astrophotography with it in the early days.
>>> Changing rolls in the dark has never been a problem for me, as there was
>>> no
>>> need to look for film slots in the take-up spool. Just push the leader
>>> into
>>> any magic needles and it's done!
>>>
>>> Dario
>>
>> I found the needles to be exactly the opposite, very fiddly to load.
>> Could never get the bloody things to go in right and stay that way.
>>
>> The best loading system I've used for mechanical-wind 35mm bodies was
>> the Canon QL system.
>
> Joseph McAllister
> [email protected]
>
> “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.”
> –Lewis Hine
>
>
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