Take-Up Spool and Loading Canon 7

[wjk]

Hello---I have an instruction maual for the Canon 7 and it states that when loading the camera, after you thread the film into the take-up spool, you should rotate the spool "clockwise" with your thumb. However the spool rotates "counter-clockwise" when the advance lever is cocked----(and the arrow on the take-up spool points "counter-clockwise." What is the best way to load film into these cameras?
Thanks!

 

[peterc]

Engage the film in the take-up spool and cock the shutter to make sure it's pulling film as it should.

Peter

 

[John Shriver]

Presuming it's the same take-up as the 7s, the key is being sure that a sprocket hole gets caught in the little tooth near the bottom of the slot.

 

[stesm]

"clockwise" is a poor choice of wording. The direction of the arrow is indeed the way the spool turns. I always advance the film until the sprocket holes are engaged on both edges to be sure the takeup spool really has caught the film.