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Author Message   Markus Tinkerer Username: Markus Post Number: 64 Registered: 08-2007 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 09:34 am:    You need to put a roll of film or an empty spool into the take-up side (the top one). Winding the film will then cock th shutter. You can use an empty spool, but sometimes the little gear that is turned by the turning spool slips on the plastic spool. Just wind some masking tape around the spool on the side where the gear presses against it to stop it from slipping (of course you don't need that tape when you are actually using film).