oooooo I can't get my film to load :( (recently acquired Olympus Trip S)

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I recently got an Olympus Trip S for only £1.99 and duly bought some 35mm film.

Now this camera is supposed to be easy load, but

the film goes in ok and I can get it to advance manually with the back open !!

but if I close the back it won't advance and the shutter won't depress, when I did get it to depress the film didn't advance

soooo

am I doing it wrong

or was the part of the advert where it says 'working perfectly' a lie? :(
 
If it is in A mode then the shutter won't work if there isn't enough light. Have you tried setting it to 2.8 and releasing the shutter then winding?
 
I had trouble with my Trip at first; I had not taken care to engage the sprocket teeth with the holes in the side of the fim. Maybe check?
 
it doesn't have an A mode that I can see, just a switch for changing the ISO

I thought I had the holes aligned, it seems ok, taut etc

I will try again thanks
 
more info - there is nothing to lock the cartridge in place and there's no winding wheel or wind on lever - it has a motor that is supposed to do all that. Neither is there a slot to wind the film onto. Instead it has a sprung lever that looks as though you put the lead strip into, but if so then it would cause the film to wind the wrong way onto the spool. I might take detailed photos of it tomorrow.
 
my nikon FG winds the film kind of counter clockwise and you have to feed it back on itself don't know if the trip is like that.
 
Apologies. I thought it was a Trip Trip! I assume this is one of the black plastic compacts from the 80s? I'm sorry!
 
lol don't worry Nick :)

I will try the backwards thing Paul, but it doesn't seem right to me
 
with the film back open does it allow you to wind and fire the clicker its how i figured out my FG winding
 
My MJU has a similar design and I think rely's on a form of black magic to accomplish the feat of film winding. I don't really trust it and use one of my dodgy films just loading it, opening the back and being shocked it worked. There doesn't seem to be any where to physically secure the leader, it just works...
 
Hi Paul

I can wind it manually - it has two cogs that I can turn - but I don't think it's meant to work like that. There's no way to depress the shutter whatever happens - it just locks. I've only got the shutter to close twice and the film didn't advance either time.

I think you guys need to see pictures lol...
 
sturisoma said:
Hi Paul

I can wind it manually - it has two cogs that I can turn - but I don't think it's meant to work like that. There's no way to depress the shutter whatever happens - it just locks. I've only got the shutter to close twice and the film didn't advance either time.

I think you guys need to see pictures lol...
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I understand what you mean, it is like any other self loading camera.

Lay the film leader to the mark, close the back and it should auto load, if it does not then you have a broken camera, sorry.
 
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steveo_mcg said:
My MJU has a similar design and I think rely's on a form of black magic to accomplish the feat of film winding. I don't really trust it and use one of my dodgy films just loading it, opening the back and being shocked it worked. There doesn't seem to be any where to physically secure the leader, it just works...
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It's probably like the mju (I too am astonished how it manages to load itself, everytime). I have a feeling you are over complicating it, trying to insert leaders and looking for slots when it isn't necessary.
 
medwaygreen said:
I understand what you mean, it is like any other self loading camera.

Lay the film leader to the mark, close the back and it should auto load, if it does not then you have a broken camera, sorry.
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what mark?

sounds like this is the ticket tbh

especially as it's known as an 'easy load' camera lol
 
There should be a little sticker or the like on the wall of the camera where the take up spool lives
 
sturisoma said:
what mark?

sounds like this is the ticket tbh

especially as it's known as an 'easy load' camera lol
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As you pull the film leader across the camera to the loading side there should be a mark normally orange or some colour to tell you where to place the leader before closing the camera back.
 
thanks guys - no mark that I can see, I will take a pic when I get home.

I emailed the seller (a hospice charity on ebay) and they said they tried it with film and batteries and it was working fine. So perhaps it's just me

I did wonder whether I needed a special type of film maybe - one with marks on it that are read by a sensor or something, the camera is a bit basic for that level of technology though :p
 
That should whack straight in. It's like my samsung thing. You chuck film in back. Shut the rear and it whirrs away and loads it.

If the shutter is locked it hasn't loaded film properly.

I'd check batteries and probably try a new set and also check contacts are not corroded at all.
 
so I fiddled a bit more and I seem to be loading film ok (I found an arrow mark) but it just won't wind on. I opened the back to check it again (2 films wasted now!) and when I touched the cartridge it suddenly started to wind on - so I can take a photo then I have to open the back and wiggle the cartridge for it to wind on....anyone see the flaw with this method? :thinking:
 
Firstly stop wasting film, just use the same one to test it with. Then keep that film for testing all future cameras, I've got a roll of ****** poundland film that I've been using for the last three years, it's a bit chewed up at the end now but it does the job.

Have a look at all the electrical contacts and give them a bit of a scrub and maybe a little tweak to make sure they're touching where they should.
 
hi Nick

I can't see any exposed electrical contacts - the metal parts you can see are all springs to tension the film.

I guess I 'could' take some screws out and investigate further...(I am an electronic engineer after all)
 
I think he means the battery contacts in the battery compartment.
 
Probably a long shot...have you made sure that the plastic cover over the lens is open ?

(If it makes a difference when loading, can't remember)

Edit: just dug mine out, yep you need to open the cover and fire the shutter until the counter shows 1
 
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thanks Trevor I will try that :)
 
ok tried that and it didn't work. I can get the film to wind on when I move the film can so I think it's sensor related. might take it to bits and clean the electronics, see what happens. I will report back :)
 
sturisoma said:
ok tried that and it didn't work. I can get the film to wind on when I move the film can so I think it's sensor related. might take it to bits and clean the electronics, see what happens. I will report back :)
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Been a long decade but any chance you still remember what happened? Having the same issue
 
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