Re: I'm going Sputnik shopping

[Stephen Kearney <slk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I keep both springs on the outside and it seems to work fine.

-Stephen

Robert Thorpe wrote:

> Stephen Kearney wrote:
> >
> > The other thing to avoid is getting the spring steel tensioner thingy
> > trapped behind the film roll.  You have to lift it out a little with your
> > finger as you put in the film.
>
> I suspect that this is the root of everyone's stiff winding problems.
> The
> intuitive way to load the film is 50% wrong. On the "source" spool of
> film (right side when you look down from the top with the camera
> pointing
> forward) you should have the spring on the outside of the spool. On the
> "takeup" (left side) the spring should be on the inside. See
> illustration at:
>
>      http://www.skep.com/3D/SputnikTakeup.gif
>
> I had the devil's own time winding my first roll of film, I was worried
> it
> would break. The second roll I pulled the source spring out before I put
> the film in and it worked just peachy. Keep the takeup spring on the
> inside.
>
> ======================
> Robert Thorpe
> Cedar Rapids, IA
> thorpe@xxxxxxxx
> http://www.skep.com