Before you turn out the lights, get everything you’ll need together right in front of you so you won’t have to fumble around in the dark. In addition to your tank, reel, and film, you’ll also need a pair of scissors and a bottle opener to get the film out of its canister. Also, if you have a dead roll of film or some you don’t mind destroying, it’s a tremendously good idea to practice loading the film onto the reel in the light before you do it for real. It might be a little tricky at first.
- Have all the pieces of the tank out in front of you.
- Turn off the lights.
- Useing pliers rip off the top of the canister.
- Take the film out. Handle it around the edges at all times.
- Feed the end of the film into the little tabs that mark the beginning of the reel. Make sure it’s in by a few centimeters.
- Twist the reel back and forth. There are little ball bearings under the tabs that serve to grip the film and draw it in. Keep going until all the film is on the reel, then cut off the last portion that’s still connected to the spindle, which can now be thrown away.
- Put the reel into the tank over the center column. Screw the lid on straight and tight.
- Turn the lights back on.
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