Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, the problem I had did result from faulty loading while I was in a hurry. I will move the basket from the now unused base plate to the winder. Tom had also suggested this privately. Probably should be known as the "Klutz solution." Thanks Bill - -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Winding Problem >Jim and Bill: > >Sorry, I missed part of this thread, but there is another possible >explanation. Tom no longer puts the spool basket on his winders, he says >you don't need them, and he is correct if you load the film carefully. But, >without the basket it is possible to load the film without hitting the >sprocket holes, and you get a strangely spaced sometimes double exposed >strip of film. > >For faster loading I took the basket off my M6 bottom (who needs it) and >put it on the winder. Tom has left a post and screw for you to do exactly >this. It does help make for more certain loading. > >Tom > >At 09:41 PM 8/24/98 -0700, you wrote: >>Double exposure . . . or a camera problem. >> >>IMHO, >> >>Jim >> >>At 07:16 PM 8/24/98 -0400, you wrote: >>>I recently added an Abrahamsson winder to my M6. . . . Does that seem a >reasonable cause for the problem? Thanks >>> >>>Bill Ferris >>> >> >================================== >Thomas Kachadurian >WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria