You shouldn't have to pull that much film out of the canister. Just enough to engage both sprockets. One of the times I miss-loaded I didn't pay attention to that, just pulled out the used film stuffed the leader of the new film into the 'Fingers' and slammed the back shut. Missed the picture I was trying to get and the next 15 minutes worth of shooting as well. (I became suspicious when I reached the 32'nd exposure of the 24 exposure roll).
At 09:53 AM 3/7/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Bob, > >It certainly sounds like I load about the same as you. I never really >thought of it as greed, but I don't pull extra slack out. The >description that everyone gives seems rather slow to load. That could >be one of my problems. Many times I am in a hurry - wedding timing or >whatnot and I just find magic needles to be bothersome. > >I can certainly load the PZ-1p, MZ-S and ZX-10's quickly and >confidently, but feel the magic needles to be too fiddly. Perhaps I >need some "magic fingers" to work those magic needles. > > >Bruce Dayton > > > >Thursday, March 07, 2002, 9:15:04 AM, you wrote: > >Rac> Bruce, > >Rac> I suspect the fault is with us and not the magic needles. I have >occasional problems with ALL my magic needle cameras. I suspect two causes... > >Rac> Greed - I always want to get that extra shot out of the roll, so I >don't use Shel/Bill/Aaron's methods where you put the leader in before the >film canister. It is awkward to handle right handed >Rac> for me and demands extra slack be pulled from the canister. So >instead, I drop the canister in and pull the minimum I can across the >shutter and try to stick it in the magic needles. > >Rac> 2nd - There is something to do with which side of the roller you >use. If I go toward the outside edge of the camera and jam into the magic >needles, when I wind the film I get a hook at the end >Rac> of the leader that grabs the magic needles and things seem to work >better. If I go toward the inside edge (shutter side) of winding spool >and jam into the magic needles, I get more trouble and >Rac> winding failures. > >Rac> In either case, I watch the rewind know for evidence of a good load. > >Rac> Regards, Bob S. > >Bruce wrote: >>>I'm beginning to wonder if some magic needles grab better >than others. I have always had to really jam the leader way down and >almost nurse it around for the first wind or two. >Bruce wrote: >>>Perhaps on some bodies they are too smooth and just don't >grab well.<< >Rac> - >Rac> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >Rac> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >Rac> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >- >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 . - 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 .
