Clicker
Deciding how far to wind the film on between each photo can be a bit tricky. If you wind on too far, film is wasted. Wind on too little and you get double exposures. Here's a way to accurately wind on between each photo.

You need some fairly stiff plastic which is thin, springy and curved. The spine of a spiral ring binder is deal. Cut off one of the loops





Take the new film canister. Place the pointed end of the plastic so that it just enters one of the sprocket holes of the film



Tape the plastic to the film canister securely. Test the clicker by gently pulling out some film. The clicker should ride on the back of the film smoothly and make a click as it drops into the sprocket holes. It does? Good! It doesn't? Remove the tape, wind the film back into the canister again try repositioning the clicker slightly.



Loading the camera
First, trim the leader off the film, cutting the edge as squarely as possible. If the film stub from the empy canister is not cut squarely across, trim it square too.



Pull out a little more film and thread the film through the matchbox. Make sure the emulsion side (non-shiny side) is facing the pinhole



Using some clear sticky tape, splice the ends of the film together as neatly as possible. Try to make sure the edges are lined up together so the film can pass easily into the empty canister. Tape both sides and make sure the joint is secure.



Slide the match tray back into the box



Turn the spindle of the empty film caniser so that the slack film is wound into it. Make sure the edges of each film canister are pushed up tight to the matchbox and no film can be seen.



The film is now loaded, but needs to be made light tight