Yeah.....once you the hang of flim loading...its a good cam....I had a heck of a time with my new cam loading kodak flim.......for some reason after 6 tries of loading and unloading....even had to tear off some ruined flim......the counter findly took and said 0.....most people just don't understand this.....as mention above.....THE COUNTER MUST SAY... " O " ......DO NOT AND I REPEAT ....DO NOT HANG THE CAM IF IT READS...." E " ......it will not work.....keep moving the flim around....close it.....and check for the....0..(for operational).....if ya see....E...(empty)......you need to keep trying. Good cam.....just real picky on flim loading.....most guys take them back....because of this little bug .....it gets easier with practise.