Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] film loading, flip up door
From: "Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@flash.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:27:27 -0700

I agree that opening the door is a good idea, and I see no reason to avoid
opening it. It allows me to feel the sprocked teeth project through the
film, insuring that the film will aedvance properly. It's a help, not a
problem.
Joe Stephenson



>Ted Grant wrote:
>>....snip.....
>> What I don't understand is why the door opening is such a big deal? It's
>> quick, efficient and allows much faster loading than screwing around
trying
>> to fiddle the film into place.
>> ...snip....
>
>I also find the back door a good idea, enabling to save the load when
>the film does not nicely glide down where it should. Except I once did
>screw back the base plate without pressing the back door hard enough.
>That seems like an easy mistake to do. Result: a wasted film due to
>light leaking from the unsecured back door.
>
>But the M6 provides a diagnosis for that: the metering seems not to work
>anymore and the right led arrow stays on. I did not know that, so I
>thought my meter was kaput and cursing about it while I was wasting my
>film....
>
>Alan
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