> 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.
That is ~exactly~ the way I load film with the LX. However, with the my Super Programs and Program Pluses, I have one little extra difference: For the "crank it until the top sprocket catches a couple of holes" part, I don't actually use the winding lever, but instead I just simply rotate the knurled teeth at the lower end of the take-up spool to the left by using my right thumb (while the rest of the right hand is supporting the body). This is very easy to do (easier than it is to wind the film with the winding lever). The above little trick does work very well with the Super Program and the Program Plus (and I used to use it with the ME Super, as I recall), but unfortunately it won't work with the LX (where the knurled teeth at the lower end of the take-up spool can't be rotated by hand - the take-up spool responds only to winding with the winding lever). Fred - 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 .
