zanardi Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Can someone please give an extensive description or picture/photo guide to loading the k-3, cause i just go mine all the way from across the world and am dubious about sending it back to be repaired if i break it. thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Charles MacDonald Posted February 19, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted February 19, 2006 Can someone please give an extensive description or picture/photo guide to loading the k-3, cause i just go mine all the way from across the world and am dubious about sending it back to be repaired if i break it. thx Java photo among others will sell you an english version of the K-3 manual. or download http://www.k3camera.com/k3/k3pdfs/2004k3man.pdf After you try this with a scrap roll of film, ask again if anything is unclear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Glenn Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 get some scrap film. you can accomplish so much with scrap film.. I've been practicing k3 loading the past few days.. it's somewhat tricky to get going but it runs problem free after it gets going. you can move the rollers by the way. There's a spring pin that you can pull up that will let the rollers swing out just a big.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 It really is quite easy to remove the auto-threading mechanism, and manual loading is a breeze. There are instructions on the K3 site. But don't do it if you're not slightly handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted February 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted February 21, 2006 Don't get too caught up in loop size; it doesn't matter too much... really... I mean... my loop size is fine. As long as it doesn't touch any metal on top or bottom. Watch the presure plate, make sure its seated properly, its easy to miss that when loading quickly. Even when you think you've done everything properly, be prepared for a roll or two to come back jacked-up. Get to know the sound of your camera, and the sound different films make. Kodachrome sounds different than negative stock, and b&w sounds different again. After a while you'll notice if it isn't sounding right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Driver Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I've been practising with some scrap film, but I'm not entirely sure it's transporting properly. It's going through smoothly enough, but it's making a bit of noise.. Will it affect the picture? ie flicker that kinda thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Kisilyov Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Olex has a way better guide for Loading, Manual and Auto for the K-3 Here is the link: http://www.geocities.com/russiancamera/16m...film-manual.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted February 26, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted February 26, 2007 Olex has a way better guide for Loading, Manual and Auto for the K-3 Here is the link: http://www.geocities.com/russiancamera/16m...film-manual.htm If we could only load in that kind of light! Guess I never thought about actually removing the pressure plate... seems like that method might be a little hard in a changing bag but then any method of loading a K3 is pretty hard until you do it for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Kukla Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 If we could only load in that kind of light! Guess I never thought about actually removing the pressure plate... seems like that method might be a little hard in a changing bag but then any method of loading a K3 is pretty hard until you do it for a while. It's not so hard. Just practise with some dummy. I've loaded my first spool without a problem (but I was supposed to respooled it which is a b***ch). Now, I've loading next spools without any problems, just have a good knowledge what is inside and that's all. And read other posts about this thing, cuz here is many of them and the advices that giving from the other guys from here are very helpful. cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 If it's only making a BIT of a noise, it's broken! It should sound like a tractor! As long as it's not tearing sprockets, and the loops don't rub, it's most likey OK. But still test. You can make a collage film out of the test roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_bennett Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 You put the lime in the coconut - Sorry I couldn't help myself. Try testing the film and if you need more help type k-3 into the search in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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