Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard One thing I have learned a long time ago was NEVER open the bottom plate after the film has been started in M4 or M6 cameras. The bottom plate seems to be required to keep the film on the 3 prong take up. Jerry "Richard F. Man" wrote: > One complaint about the Ms is of course the bottom loading. Yes I > understand that some people like it a lot too. When I rented the M6, I > thought the bottom loading is pretty neat and didn't have any trouble. > > Tonight I was finishing the first roll (Provia 100F 36 exp) on the brand > new M7, shot 37 went past. Cool. 38, OK. 39. Hm... 40? The rewind crank > rotated when I winded the lever and there was some tension. 41? Uh Oh, > something must be wrong. In my panic, I didn't think about trying to > rewind. Opened the bottom plate and SH*T - there were film out on the > spool! Replaced bottom plate. Rewind - it certainly did not feel like I > have to wind the whole length's worth... > > So - is it possible that my M7 has a problem and that the take up spool > does not pull in a full frame's worth? (e.g. for argument sake, each > winding on the lever only pulls in half of the frame or whatever) Or is it > possible that the M7 just giving me lots of extra frames? If latter, what > is the chance that there are some salvageable pictures on the roll? Should > I go ahead and develop it? > > I then load in one of the those 12+3 roll as a test, and I got 18 "shots" > on the counter. > > Arrgghhh.... > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> > <http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> > On-line orders, support, and listservers available on web site. > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > -- > 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