Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Loading LTMs
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 14:24:10 +1100
 
joseph e. hayes wrote:

> Marc James Small suggested that > The leader is "trimmed short". <
>
> How short is short?  I have a IIIc and have not loaded yet.
>
> Joe Hayes
> Los Angeles, CA

The leader should be about  4" or  10cm long.  Your 3c should have a
loading diagram on the inside bottom. You can see it if you remove the
base plate.
That's how Leitz specified it, and that's how it works without problems.
Anything else is taking a chance.

Regards, Horst Schmidt