Weldon

What about the removal of the atake-up reel? I am also extremely new to celluloid, and I'm looking into buying a K3 soon. Is the take-up reel safe to be removed in daylight, or do I need a dark room for that?

Oh, this is another question I didn't think of. I appreciate the advice everybody.

I recently purchased a K-3 from e-bay and decided to get a test package of film from Bono Film to try it out. Now, I've done a fair amount of research on the camera and format but have no hands on experience. Here is what they sent me:

Basically, I'm terrified to open the thing. I don't know whether the film inside is going to be on a daylight safe spool or a chunk of film that I have to spool myself in total darkness (as you can see from the instructions, 'load in total darkness').

In which case, the extent of my film experience includes manually loading 35mm still SLRs, and shooting with super 8 which comes in handy little cartridges. So you can see how it could be trouble for me to fumble around in the dark attempting something I've never done in plain light. Any advice?