How to use Minolta 16 without cassette

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1717"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18058325-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="564" />You can load unperformated/perforated 16mm film into Minolta16 without cassette.</p>

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<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1677">The trick here is to make use the take up spool of a Kiev30 cassette---its metal</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1682">spring clip can hold the 16mm lead and pull the film across from the supply chamber.</p>

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<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1685">To make the Kiev30 cassette take up spool engage with the film wining post of</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1719">Minolta16, drill two holes on opposite side of diameter of top of Kiev30 cassette </p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1686">take up spool, such that its two teeth catch these holes.</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1687"> </p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1689">Now you have a Edixa16 style take up spool with spring clip. Now you can go into</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437675808267_1691">the darkroom and load film into Minolta 16 directly without cassette</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_920">You can load approximately 36 exp of 16mm film without cassette, instead of</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_919">20 exp.</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_918"> </p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_917">Of course, after exp 20, Minolta16 counter stop advancing, but the shutter and</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_924">still fires and the film still winds over.</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_916"> </p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_915">If you want to know when you come to end of film, you can attach the loose end of</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_913">film (in the supply chamber) to a spool from Minolta cassette.</p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_925"> </p>

<p id="yui_3_15_0_1_1437676438048_926"> Or better still, use a second Kiev30 spring clip spool the clip the loose end if film</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18059235-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="452" />Another variation of this theme</p>

<p>Take a Kiev30 cassette( which is easily available), cut off the bridge, use its supply side to<br>

load film, it drops into Minolta16 easily, as the supply side of Kiev30/Minolta16 cassette is identical.</p>