Super Ikonta - badly loaded!

[underlord]

I just loaded film in my Super Ikonta 533/16. It has a device to prevent double exposures. I loaded the film and forgot to set the 'trigger' which prevents doubles. Oh how I laughed as I got all the way to the end! Now the unexposed film is in backwards. Aside from the fact that I will not see corresponding numbers in the red window,does it actually matter? Shall I just go ahead and expose the film? Is the distance from the end/start the same? Am I better off going through it again, this time with the film correctly oriented?
So many questions! thanks in advance.

 

[sevo]

Oh how I laughed as I got all the way to the end! Now the unexposed film is in backwards. Aside from the fact that I will not see corresponding numbers in the red window,does it actually matter?

Given that the film is only taped to the backing paper at one end (the far if you run the film backwards), it does. You might happen to be lucky - but it is quite likely that the film jams or has poor planarity (with visible blur). As the winding mechanism of the SI is very vulnerable, I consider anything that increases the risk of jams as rather daring.

Sevo

 

[sig]

there is no tape to hold the film connected to the backing paper if you do it the wrong way..... Just open the camera in a dark room / change bag / in a cupboard / somewhere dark and spool the film back the correct way and give it another go in the camera

 

[underlord]

Many thanks for those responses. I don't wish to be daring - just safe. I will rewind it correctly.

 

[Thardy]

So that camera really does have a mechanism to prevent double exp.? I must have missed the trigger also.

 

[underlord]

Yes the 'trigger' is only used once when loading. Once set it prevents double exposure by locking the shutter.It disengages after the 12th exposure.

 

[sevo]

So that camera really does have a mechanism to prevent double exp.? I must have missed the trigger also.

It frequently is broken.

Sevo

 

[Thardy]

It frequently is broken.

Sevo

Thank you.

 

[Mcary]

I wasted two rolls of film before I figured out how to set the film advance lock correctly.

Now if I could only remember not to set the shutter before advancing the film after each shot. Be really nice to get all 12 shots out of a roll rather then the 9 or 10 that I normally get 🙂

 

[Solinar]

Totally off topic: I once loaded an exposed roll of 120 into my Super Isolette. Running a roll of exposed film backwards binds up pretty fast.

If you have a dark closet with both the outside room lights and closet light turned off, you may be able to save the roll by unloading the film in the dark.

 

[hanskerensky]

I have a Balda Mess-Baldix. Great little camera with a really annoying double exposure prevention cam. Sometimes it would work, sometimes not, often winding insufficiently before locking leading to frame-overlap. I removed the top and ripped out the mechanism.

Well that's too bad. I had also troubles with the system on my Hapo 66 which is in fact almost the same as a Mess-Baldix but was able to solve them :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29504544@N08/sets/72157623085866659/

Hope you didn't throw away what you ripped out.