Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/06

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]
To: "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Subject: RE: This film leader thing is just a great, new "beginning"
From: Chuck Warman <cwarman@sol.wf.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 17:36:35 -0600
Encoding: 19 TEXT
 
Tom Hodge wrote:

>My tiny CL seems to work with whatever film I feed into it.  The film
>take-up area (tension sprocket, take-up spool) looks remarkably "Japanese"
>somehow.  My only gripe is a lack of a hinged back.  Man, once you get
>used to THOSE from using SLR's, the slide-off backs are so
>s...l...o...w.......  I feel like I'm "field-stripping" the thing!
>
>All:  I'm curious if ANY of the Leica M models that accept a winder make
>it any easier to load film?  My Leica experience is strictly the CL so
>before I even consider an M4-P or an M-6, am I gonna frustrate myself
>trying to load film?  Except for the slide off back, the little CL is
>just about the easiest thing to load I've seen.

Hi, again, Tom,

I *still* say, find yourself a good used Minolta CLE. You'll never regret it!

Chuck