There is your problem. Jam the leader into the needles, wind the film one time to get the top sprocket engaged, then pull cassette across the camera and push it into the well. It keeps tension on the film, keeping it engaged on the sprockets. If you do it right you don't have to fiddle. I admit it take just a little practice, but then you can load the camera very quickly without fumbling, and you use the minimum leader possible if you insist on getting those extra few frames from you film. I admit, I don't consider film the expensive part, when I have finished a subject I pull the film and have it processed. It is cheap with print film because they don't charge you for the unprinted shots. Now, with slide film, I have often regretted doing it that way.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: Re: ME super film take up spool > Bruce, > > 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... > > 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 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. > > 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 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 winding failures. > > In either case, I watch the rewind know for evidence of a good load. > > 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. Perhaps on some bodies they are too smooth and just don't grab well.<< > - > 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 .
