Looks like it will work with my ME Supers. I will give it a try. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message ----- From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:55 PM Subject: Re: ME super film take up spool > > 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 . - 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 .
