on 11/7/02 4:53 PM, Doug Franklin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:58:22 -0500, David Brooks wrote: > >> When i load film into my ,many, manual load cameras >> after shuting the camera back,i take up the slack with the >> rewind handle. > > That reminds me ... I'd been having trouble loading the MZ-S ... I'd > have to pull out more of the film leader than the markings in the film > bay of the camera, and it would still only "catch" about one out of > three or four times. > > I found that if I hold the leader, and manually spin the cassette spool > to tighten up the film inside the cartridge before I try to load it, > the MZ-S would "catch" almost every time, with a normal amount of > leader extended. I guess it was "looking" for some pressure on the > cartridge spool to be sure the film was actually picked up by the > takeup spool. > > TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ > My MZ-S is also fussy, but the problem seems to be that it will not accept a leader that is pulled out too far. Every single time I have laid in the leader beyond the mark, the camera has refused to load.
Stan
