Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 ORTHO film NOT loading
From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:51:32 +0000

Until now, I did not really have any problems loading the M6. Then I read
about how difficult it was. Yesterday my film got really stuck. No need to
watch the rewind button as not even the advance lever moved.  Is this a
common effect resulting from reading about other peoples' problems? Have
you had the same experience? Is it compassion related?

BTW the film was a new orthochromatic iso 100 film from MACO with a a
little bit of panchromatic sensitive material added. It  has got a clear
base and can be developed to make slides. Sounds interesting, does it not?
As always, no grain and extreme sharpness is promised. As is great
gradation...

BTW #2 MACO also has an alternative to TechPan and they will have a new
version at iso 100 coming out soon. They also have a low contrast developer
that makes these films suitable for pictorial use. (Sorry for this much
advertising, but when I called the company to ask where I could buy the
films, they told me they were so new almost nobody stocked them, but if I
passed by they would give me a few to try out. Testing is in progress...

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