stvn66 Posted February 17 Share #1 Posted February 17 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am no stranger to loading 35mm film into my Leica's and always gently advance the rewind knob to make the film taught. I also fire off 2 shots and look to see if the rewind knob moves. Frequently it does not move and when I remove the film to reload it I find that it has engaged after all. Does anyone else experience this frustrating occurrence? Perhaps I should start ignoring the rewind knob until I reach about the fourth /fifth shot and then check it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chris_livsey Posted February 17 Share #2 Posted February 17 I find the amount of rewind required to tension varies quite a lot, I would suggest you are perhaps a little too gentle and perhaps tentative, even if the rewind action does spring the film off the spool that is easily felt and heard, rewinding into the cassette is possible but I have never had it happen. I wouldn't want to miss my first shots if the the film had never engaged. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted February 17 Share #3 Posted February 17 1 hour ago, stvn66 said: Perhaps I should start ignoring the rewind knob until I reach about the fourth /fifth shot and then check it! I've ignored mine for 50 years, and don't worry about it. I only recall once with an M4 & later where the film didn't engage right, and the feel of winding-on alerted me something was wrong. However, I mis-loaded a Leicaflex SL once and lost all pictures of a day trip because I hadn't used that camera in a long time and didn't notice the difference in feel until frame 45 or so... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted February 17 Share #4 Posted February 17 2 hours ago, TomB_tx said: and didn't notice the difference in feel until frame 45 or so... 😂 Usually that when I have no film loaded at all, at 37 it's happiness at squeezing out a bonus frame, then at 39 the doubt creeps in, by the 40s it's beyond doubt and all those 5* exposures gone ( well maybe one was 3*) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spydrxx Posted February 17 Share #5 Posted February 17 I, usually, after loading the film cartridge, take up any slack with the rewind knob. I then know the film has engaged the sprockets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted February 17 Share #6 Posted February 17 That's the way I used to do it back in the days when I used film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted February 17 Share #7 Posted February 17 Advertisement (gone after registration) Some film types are also more springy than others and immediately unwrap after tightening on the rewind shaft so you still have to wait until a few frames have been shot for the knob to move. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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