Thanks...
I was not aware of the self feeding of the film
feeder.
--- Charles Packard <packardc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brett,
> I am assuming that the roll of film came off the
> take up spindle before you
> began
> shooting. This question was the subject of a recent
> thread. A list member I've
> forgotten who, sugggests the following: Take the
> film leader insert it into the
> take-up
> spindle and advance the winder one or two times to
> ensure that the film is being
>
> properly taken up, then place the the film cannister
> in its compartment.
> Close the door and you're ready.
> I've tried this method and it is a lot easier than
> the way I've been doing it
> all
> these years. That was to place the cannister in its
> comprtment, pull the leader
> across
> a then stick it in the take up spool and advance the
> winder.
> I thought just occured to me, are you aware that the
> OM's are not designed to
> self-feed the film leader into the take-up spindle.
>
> OM content: Just acquired a zuiko 135 f/2,8. Lordly
> I love this lens!!!
>
> Gotta go, too late. hi boss.
>
> Brett Lucas wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I have recently inherited an Olympus OM-2. So far
> it
> > has been a great camera.
> >
> > Recently I have had a weird incident in the film
> > loading. Recently I loaded the 35mm film roll
> into
> > the camera, and inserted the tail end of the film
> roll
> > into the take up spool, and closed the back of the
> > camera. I then started shooting off the roll of
> film.
> > The frame counter continued to tick off each shot
> up
> > to 36. When I thought I completed the roll of
> film, I
> > then started the rewind process. The rewind was
> to
> > easy, and there was no resistance from the film.
> Has
> > anyone else had this problem. Any suggestions, to
> > help me alleviate this problem for the future.
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
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