(02-03-2011 09:26 PM)drk229 Wrote:  Oh I 100% understand where you're coming from. I've had people tell me I have "the eye" before but frankly they weren't anyone I respected too much as a photo critic. Gotta get that K1000 back and up again. I somehow have a problem loading film EEVERY time

Did we not address this once before?
Here are a couple of suggestions.

The fool's way:
Lead your film into the spool and advance the film/shutter until the film wraps around the spool completely. Then pull the film canister across the shutter plane and slip it into the film canister seat, lower the film winder arm into it's position and close the back. (This way you can at least see that the film tab is holding in the spool and the film sprockets are engaged to the film and no slack is on the film) After you have taken about five exposures, check your exposure counter and see if tension is still on the winder (without opening the back of course).

The natural way:
Load the film canister in it's position, pull the film across to the spool and poke the film lead all the way through the spool. Advance the film/shutter until the film is wrapped around the spool completely and make sure the sprockets are aligned in the film holes top and bottom and no slack is in the film. Close the film door and advance film/shutter two more times. After you have taken about five exposures, check your exposure counter and see if tension is still on the winder (without opening the back of course).