Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is this a 36 exposure roll? Howard Sanner wrote: > >>Before loading the IIIf or any other screwball Leica, trim the > >>film's leader so that the tongue ends between the 21st and 22nd > >>sprocket holes. > > [snip] > > >I agree wholeheartedly with the above, but take exception with the > >unnaturally high number of sprocket holes mentioned therein. I always > >pull > >out the film leader to show a total of 15 sprocket holes, then trim > >13 of > >those, using a gently curving cut toward the end, leaving two > >sprocket > >holes in evidence. > > I came up with the "magic" number of 21 by looking at a picture > in an old Leica manual, I forget which edition. It showed a > leader as trimmed by an ABLON template, and I counted the number > of sprocket holes. I've never tried 13, but don't doubt what you > say a bit. > > Howard Sanner > flagstad@mindspring.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html