I have always put the cartridge in first, and the few times the film didn't load properly, I could see it right away when advancing those first couple of blank frames. It has happened rarely, though -- about as often as the occasional misload on earlier Pentaxes with "traditional" take-up spools.
What I do is insert the leader between some of the needles all the way on the right, where the spool has already started curving downward, so that inserting the film causes me to start pointing the film downward and back toward the supply side. I also always take up the tension on the rewind crank, pulling the film flat, and I adjust the film to make sure it's lying straight and true, and so that the sprocket holes are lined up with the teeth. Perhaps if the teeth still need to find the holes and catch them when you wind on, it puts enough tension on that take-up spool that the leader can slip out quite easily. This usually works very well for me in all types of cameras, especially older ones. Joe RE: >Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:27:38 -0800 >From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re[2]: ME super film take up spool > >I would be curious to know if all who have found the magic needles to >work well, load like Shel and all who have had problems with it load >like me. > >Anybody out there have/had no problems ever with magic needles and put >the cartridge in first? > > >Bruce Dayton > > > >Wednesday, March 06, 2002, 5:46:34 PM, you wrote: > >BB> It's nice to know that I'm not the only person who doesn't like the "magic >BB> fingers". As far as loading, as a lot of others have said once getting the >BB> film in the fingers I advance until the top of the film is on the take up >BB> reel then rewind lightly to taught the film, close the back, and advance >BB> 2-3x watching the rewind knob to make sure it's turning. Having lost a >BB> couple of good shots early in my shooting career to trying to squeeze a >BB> couple extra frames out of a roll. I make sure the film is secure on the >BB> take up reel. -- Joe Wilensky Staff Writer Media and Technology Services - Cornell University 1150 Comstock Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-0901 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 607-255-1575 fax: 607-255-9873 Please visit our Web site at http://www.mediasrv.cornell.edu - 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 .
