Hello everyone
I recently purchased a Beaulieu R16 and have had two failed attempts at shooting rolls already. When I opened up the camera to unload the first roll after shooting, the film was a mess, folded up all around itself. The second attempt I loaded much more carefully, paying close attention to the directions in the manual. This roll unloaded without any problems but when I got it back from processing, only faint flickers of light over darkness came out! While shooting both attempts my view from the viewfinder was flickering, leading me to believe there was a problem with my loading. I bought the camera from a photographic equipment store and it was guarenteed to work... Any advice on loading the Beaulieu would be great! I noticed that while loading, the lower loop would not maintain its loop shape but become tight around the bottom mechanism. I'm thinking this could be part of the problem, possibly something I have to do when threading through the gate...???
Thanks
Zachary
