Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DonJ wrote: >Yes, but how many rolls of film and shots missed because the M-6, as he >stated, is difficult to load. >>>>>> No no no It isn't difficult to load, it's simply Adam's inexperience at handling the camera that is causing the difficulty, not the camera. He'll get by it as simply as any other photographic thing, simply by paying a little more attention to things like any one handling a new camera and loading.....Watch the rewind crank as you advance the first couple take-up frames. I mean, didn't you do that kind of thing with the first camera you loaded of similar nature as most 35mm cameras? I sure as hell did and I've rarely ever loaded any camera without watching the rewind knob/handle moving indicating the film is advancing. Don you're making far to big a thing out of the simple process of loading an M6. A little experience and I bet Adam will wonder why he had a "seemingly big problem" at the beginning. ted With the M-3 just slip the film leader under >the take-up spool lip, slip in the cassette and take-up spool and you have >it. Totally reliable. I am sure it is possible for some fumble fingers to >screw up the M-3 load, but not nearly as likely as with the new and >"convenient" M-6's. Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant