Re: Noblex manual

[Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Joe, I'll bet the shutter release is the catch in my procedure.  I'll
try your way and thank you.

Joe McCary wrote:

> I load mine this way: ( I will start after the last roll has been removed).
> 1. make sure the camera is off.
> 2. Open back, remove exposed film. (be careful NIOT to hit the shutter
> release button)
> 3. move empty spool to the right side.
> 4. insert new roll of film and load the take-up reel.  Advance the film
> until the arrow is just past the red mark.
> 5. push the shutter release button, the film counter dial will move
> slightly.
> 6. Advance the film until the counter stops at the #1
>
> If you depress the shutter button before you have the film arrow lined on
> the red mark you will signal the mechanism to start its measured advance to
> frame 1.  Avoid this.
>
> One other note/tip.  When rewinding the exposed film point the camera down
> so the back is level.  This helps, but does not eliminate, the problem I
> have experienced with the tail of the film paper walking off the take-up
> spool.
> Joe McCary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Roberts" <droberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 2:23 PM
> Subject: Noblex manual
>
> > I'm a new owner of an older Noblex 6/150 and I haven't gotten a manual
> > yet.  I just processed my first roll and discovered that I had lost the
> > first frame and part of the second.  I advanced the film to the arrow
> > and then closed the back and turned the knob until it stopped at number
> > 1.  Evidently this is not correct.  Can someone give me the proper
> > loading procedure?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >      Don Roberts -Bittersweet Productions - Iowa City, Iowa
> >
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> > "Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not.
> >  In either case, the thought is staggering."  - Buckminster Fuller
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     Don Roberts -Bittersweet Productions - Iowa City, Iowa

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"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not.
 In either case, the thought is staggering."  - Buckminster Fuller
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