Grip the film insert by its centre bar and slide it into the magazine with the take-up spool first, so that the gear wheels
on the insert and inside the magazine engage (13). Check the film advance by a short turn of the magazine knob (14).
Then swing the magazine back closed (15) and check that it locks.
Advancing the film to exposure No. 1: Turn the magazine knob until it locks and then push in (16). The backing
paper is now spooled up and the film feeler mechanism has locked any further film transport: the film is ready for the
first exposure. For subsequent exposures the crank advances the film.
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Releasing the magazine knob. On depressing the release (17) with a pointed object the magazine knob springs out.
Thus the film can be wound off and unloaded after any shot-- even with the magazine removed from the camera.
The loading indicator (18) in the underside of the magazine shows a dot and a dash in line like an exclamation mark:
"The magazine is loaded!'. When the magazine is empty, the dash is at right angles to the dot.
The Rolleiflex SL 66 is now ready to shoot.
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If in doubt, it is possible to check with the crank lock even after loading the film whether the camera is correctly set: push the lever (19) in the direction of the crank handle
and at the same time try to turn the crank. If the crank is not locked, swing it down, let 9 of the lever (19) and complete the crank movement forward and back again. The
camera is now ready to shoot.
If you notice that you forgot to wind the crank only when pressure on the release has no effect, the same procedure still avoids wasting a film frame.
You can lose the first picture - and in fact wind the film through completely - only if the cranking movement was not complete an the crank is not pointing forward. While
this in no way harms the camera, you can avoid it by making a habit of checking the locking of the crank before loading the camera.
Shooting
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