Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Get you some Kindermen reels and a loader------foolproof! Dan Honemann wrote: > Okay, fellow Hewes fans, > > Please send me any and all tips you have for loading these reels. I've > already mangled two rolls, and now I'm gun shy (never had any problems with > the plastic reels). > > The problem for me is getting tactile feedback on the loading in the dark: > the only way I know I've botched it (typically) is if it gets stuck, or if I > wind up running out of reel before all of the film is loaded. In both > cases, I find it impossible to recover. > > I've been practicing to the point where I can load my practice roll fairly > consistently in the light; in the dark, it's still a 50-50 proposition for > me, which isn't nearly good enough. I need to get to 100%. > > The only tip I know is to curve the film slightly between thumb and > forefinger of the right hand while turning the reel in the left. Any other > magical method I don't know about besides just doing this a thousand times > till I get more comfortable with it? > > Thanks, > Dan