Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jack Campin wrote: > > What I do is shove a piece of scrap 120 film (with the emulsion cleaned off, > but this may be over-fussy) into the film path, hard against the cassette > side, as far down as it'll go. You can feel something click when you've got > it. Then push the cassette and takeup spool down into place with the film > behind this. > Jack , do you trim the film as well or is this in plae of trimming? I didn't think I had a problem loading my IIIc until I read this. I have never come across anything that clicks, but I have another problem that maybe means I should! All my films come out with the edge of the frame almost touching the perforations on one side of the film - is this related to the click problem? I haven't established whether I am pushing it in to far ( which seems unlikely), or not far enough, in which case the bottom surely wouldn't fit back on. Another unrelated problem (Ithink) is that around frames 32, 33 the shutter/wind on mechanism seems to misfire either opening too long, or not at all- usually not at all. I always seem to get either a blank frame or white frame around that point on the film. It seems to have something to do with the amount of film on the spool as I get no problem at all without film in - can fire as many shots as you like without problems. Any suggestions from those more experienced than I with the foibles of the screw cameras? Nick Jackson Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia