Hi, I have this loader (and the instruction somewhere) but it isn't too hard to use. One of the yellow knobs opens the chamber where you put the fresh bulk roll. You will need to do this somewhere absolutely dark or in a changing bag. Thread a little bit of film from the bulk film chamber to the film loading area on the top. This is covered by a removable cover. Put this cover on, and replace the cover for where you put the bulk film and make sure everything is closed tight, and you are ready to turn on the lights.
You will notice that there is an interlock on the side that is supposed to keep you from opening the door to the film loading area while the baffle is open to the bulk film chamber. If you take a look at the loader you will see what I mean. When you turn the bulk film chamber cover to "close" it moves a baffle internally and you can now move the interlock and open the door, so that you can prepare to load your film. Film goes in where the crank is. I tape the film to the spool and then put the canister on. Set the yellow dials to "0" and you are ready to put the film chamber cover on, move the interlock down, and turn the bulk film chamber cover to "open". You can now start rolling your film. Keep in mind that your last few frames will be fogged. I usually roll 40 exposures as that gives me a leader, and accounts for losing a few at the end, and I normally get 34-35 shots. The other counter keeps track of how much of the bulk roll you have used up in feet, but since it starts over every 20 feet and bulk film is generally 100 feet, I think that it is pretty useless. Anyway, it's pretty simple, and I hope I didn't make is sound overly complicated. William in Utah. James Adams wrote: > > The bulk loader I got from my friend, is the ALDEN-74 (Black & Yellow) by > Queen City Plastics. We could not find the insruction manual, so has any one > used this loader, or have instructions. > James > > Flavio, thank you for your reply to my original message, I missed it > somehow. > - > 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 .
