With some practice, loading film will be as routine as tying your shoes.
Loading film into any camera is a little tricky at first but becomes routine with regular practice. One of the best-known Pentax single lens reflex film cameras was the K1000. It was an inexpensive manual model used by beginners and photographers who appreciated its simplicity and reliability. "The K1000 remains an excellent camera for student photographers," says anthropologist Karen Nakamura, an assistant professor at Yale, in a review of the camera on her Photoethnography website. It uses 35mm film.
Instructions
1. Sit on a couch or chair and rest the camera in your lap with the back of the camera facing to the ceiling. After you have been loading film into the camera and are comfortable in doing so, you won`t need to sit down to load film. At first, it is a good habit to prevent any accidental drops of the camera.
2. Pull the film rewind knob, located on the top left of the camera, straight up to unlock the back film door.
3. Swing the film door open to reveal the film cavity.
4. Remove a roll of film from its packaging and the plastic canister it came in. Keep the plastic canister in your camera bag or close by to store the exposed film later.
5. Place the roll of film into the recessed opening on the left of the camera. Push the film rewind knob down to secure the film in place. Pull the film's leader, the small amount of film that sticks out of the roll, just far enough to reach the spool on the other side of the camera.
6. Insert the film leader into the take-up spool and slowly crank the film lever to advance the film. Press the shutter release button once and crank the film advance lever again to make sure the film winds properly.
7. Close the camera back. Open the rewind lever on the rewind knob and gently tighten the film. Stop when you feel pressure.
8. Press the shutter release button and advance the film. If the shutter does not fire, check the film advance lever to make sure it has been cranked fully. Watch the rewind lever. It should turn approximately 180 degrees during the film advance.
9. Press the shutter one more time and advance the film.
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