That's the technique I used (last shot a roll of film 2y ago). It was easy and completely reliable. IIRC, it came from a short Herbert Keppler item in POP.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Anthony Farr <[email protected]> wrote: > Although it's a bit late in the day > of film to be discussing loading > techniques..... > > Early in my photography life I acquired the habit of > hooking up the > leader to the take-up spool first, with the film cassette > still held > in my hand. Only when the leader was firmly held in > its slot or > needles did I draw the cassette across and engage it onto > the rewind > shaft. This kept the leader short and stiff when > hooking up to the > take-up spool, and avoided handling a slack length of > leader which is > what happens when using the conventional method of rewind > hookup > first, take-up hookup second. > > regards, Anthony > > "Of what use is lens and light > to those who lack in mind and sight" > > > > (Anon) > > > > 2009/8/3 Joseph McAllister <[email protected]>: > > Loved the concept. It worked. But I could never break > myself of the habit of > > putting a lengthwise curl on the film to stiffen it to > try to insert it into > > the needles. That just never worked right, and the > force to insert the film > > deep enough to be certain the film would stay put > usually folded the film. > > > > What worked on the second try was holding the film on > both sides with little > > sticking out, and pushing on it while I let my fingers > part around the > > spool. > > > > Any other ways tried left the film crooked between the > needles, which did > > not then self straighten as you wound the film, > creating a bump in the film > > as it wound. > > > > In other words, it worked, but I personally found it > awkward. If I had done > > as I did when I learned to load film on 135 and 120 > Nikor reels, and > > practiced for a few dozen times before trying it in > haste, I probably would > > have loved it. > > > > On Aug 2, 2009, at 16:46 , Adam Maas wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Dario > Bonazza<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Adam Maas wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM, P. J. > Alling<[email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> (and did I mention I hate those > damned magic needles?) > >>>>> > >>>>> Who doesn't? > >>>>> > >>> > >>> Never had a problem with the magic needles > thing. My first SLR has been a > >>> MX > >>> and I've done quite a lot af astrophotography > with it in the early days. > >>> Changing rolls in the dark has never been a > problem for me, as there was > >>> no > >>> need to look for film slots in the take-up > spool. Just push the leader > >>> into > >>> any magic needles and it's done! > >>> > >>> Dario > >> > >> I found the needles to be exactly the opposite, > very fiddly to load. > >> Could never get the bloody things to go in right > and stay that way. > >> > >> The best loading system I've used for > mechanical-wind 35mm bodies was > >> the Canon QL system. > > > > Joseph McAllister > > [email protected] > > > > “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t > need to lug a camera.” > > –Lewis Hine > > > > > > -- > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
