Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah-Ha!!! Thanks SO much David- you have just solved a mystery that has bothered me for about two years! I used to have a Soviet made screwmount camera and could never figure out why the sprocket holes seemed to infringe on the image! I've long since sold the camera, but at least I know what was happening! BTW- I like the cassettes very much! If Anyone wishes to sell any for reasonable prices- PLEASE e-mail me!!! They are wonderful in my M2! Bob (who prefers the cassette, not the LP/CD/8-track!) Keene :) >Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 08:09:11 -0900 >From: "Dave Stratton" <stratton@gci.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Reloadable cassetts (was: M6 baseplate) > >jem wrote ><< Gaifana, > It's easy to figure the whole Leica thing as being 'cost-impractical'. I'm > sure some people choose to buy things, not because they are 'cost > practical' but because they justify it to themselves in some other way. > Ergonomics, sensual satisfaction, snobbery, delusion, paranoia, fear, peer > pressure etc.> > > >Jem > >If use use LTM cameras there really is a practical side. The modern >cassettes are about a 1/16 inch shorter than the older 'leica' >cassettes...thus the image is shifted into the sproket rings. With the >leica cassette this is avoided. > >Dave > >------------------------------