One
of the essential skills need when shooting your first roll of
film is to be able to load the film in the camera correctly.
It seems simple enough, but surprisingly so many people don't
hook the leader of the film into the take up spool correctly
and consequently end up believing they have shot a whole roll
of film when the film was not being transported. |
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The
take up spool of the camera has a series of slots where the
end of the film is pressed down into.
Just
in front of this is a sprocket drive wheel with a series of
sprockets that mesh with the sprocket holes on the film guide
the film through as it is and pulled through by the take up
spool which is connected to the camera winder.
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It
is very important that the leader of the film is pushed down
into this slot enough to be locked in, as if it slips out the
film will not transport. |
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Just
in front of each slot is a small tooth and it is important that
this tooth meshes into one of the sprocket holes of the film.
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Once
the leader of the film is in place wind the film on with the wind
on leader of the camera. |
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Continue
to wind the film on and release the shutter and then wind more
film on until both sprocket holes are meshed in the sprocket
drive. It is a good idea to wind enough film on to make sure
there is a full over lap of the film in the take up spool.
By winding less
film on and not obtaining this over lap, it is possible to load
the film in a manner where the photographer can gain an extra
exposure, but it more probable that the film can slip out and
not transport through meaning the photographer looses the whole
film. |
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So
before the back of the camera is closed check the the film is
secure, feeds through the sprocket and is wrapped into the take
up spool correctly. |
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