Sounds slow. I did it like that for years. Now I have learned to push the end of the film in the fingers, crank it until the top sprocket catchs a couple of holes, insert the cassette in the chamber, close the back, and wind on to zero. Takes five seconds flat. And since I started doing it that way I have not had a failure to feed.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Butch Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: Re[2]: ME super film take up spool > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > 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? > > Yup. I always put the cartridge in first and have never had a problem > loading it. I put the cartridge in first so I don't have to hold it. > Then I pull the leader out and tuck it into the magic needles. I then > turn the rewind knob to take the slack out, which also verifies that the > leader is inserted securely. At that point, I usually just close the > back, advance a couple of frames and start shooting. I usually get about > 26 shots on a 24 roll that way, and sometimes 27. Or, if I'm feeling > extra cautious, I'll advance it a frame with the back still open to make > doubly sure that everything's good. Haven't had a problem yet. > > chris > - > 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 .
