That is the experience I have had. If the leader is too long, it won't load. Set it right where the red mark is and it works every time.
Bruce Thursday, November 7, 2002, 4:15:25 PM, you wrote: SH> 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 >> SH> My MZ-S is also fussy, but the problem seems to be that it will not accept a SH> leader that is pulled out too far. Every single time I have laid in the SH> leader beyond the mark, the camera has refused to load. SH> Stan
