Eric might be able to help you with that. Yeah judging from your picture I'm a little surprised it even loads film to be honest.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > I put a few rolls through the camera and have figured out what that extra > roller does - apparently it helps with loading the film. > > So far I have experienced one roll would not load at all - it would start to > get engaged with the sprockets on the take up spool but would pop loose. > Tried several times but the camera would pull out about an inch of film and > then lose its grip on the leader. All of the other rolls have the end of the > film folded back, so there is about 1/4th of an inch at the very end of the > roll where the emulsion side is facing out, not in like it should. Not sure > that is a problem but I did have one roll unexpectedly rewind halfway done. > These were all canisters that I hand rolled from bulk film, and I am not too > meticulous about cutting the notch at the end of the film. I have had the > unexpected rewind a could times in the past with bulk roll. Its rare but > possibly not related to the loading issue. I experimented with some > commercial rolls and found that if the film leader is placed in just the > right location it loads just fine - but if it is put in just a little to > far it also folds over. > > So I either need to figure out how to get the roller back on or look for a > repair shop. > > Mark > > On 8/23/2016 7:56 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: >> >> i'm guessing that isn't 100% necessary. your film flatness might >> suffer a little though, but the backing plate should help with that. >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
