Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup....Get a couple of spare takeup spools, attach each one to the leader of a roll of film, and when you need to reload, drop the mutha in and keep shooting....it's a bit like speedloading a .44, not that I own any guns or have ever speed loaded a .44, but I have watched a lot of Dirty Harry movies- and I've also speed loaded M3s in my younger days...... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Bill > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 11:05 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Pensees > > > No but during the 60's protest marches I could change the film in my M3 > running at full speed. > > Bill in Denver > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Javier > Perez > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 3:07 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Pensees > > > Surely there must be a story about a > guy with 1 hand who could reload and shoot > with an M3 without any problem. > Javier > > Mike Quinn wrote: > > > A few answers: > > > > Joe Sobel asked: > > > > > 1. If Leicas have a theoretically unlimited life, even if digital > > > did not take over, would prices eventually come down on used > gear anyway > > > - it would seem that with an unlimited number of M6s to be produced, > > > there would be a glut.>> > > > > No Glut: the rate at which Leica collectors are produced has always > greatly > > exceeded the rate at which the cameras were produced... > > > > > 3. If an M3 had no framelines, would the field be equivalent to a 40mm > lens? > > > > Not Quite. But what you see when you move your eye from side to > side until > > the 50 mm frame lines disappear does approximate the 40 mm coverage. > > > > > 5. Just what is Vulcanite and how do they apply it so evenly at the > > > factory? Is it a liquid which is then embossed while on the parts?!>> > > > > > Check the archives on this one. It's a pre-formed shell of now > unavailable > > composition material that was bonded to the body by heat (hence > > "vulcanite"). > > > > > 6. Is it really easier to load an M3 than an M4? > > > > Yes, but it helps to have more than two hands. > > The optimum number of hands is 8: > > > > 1 hand to hold the camera > > 1 hand to hold the film canister > > 1 hand to remove the top of the canister > > 1 hand to remove the film from the canister and then hold the film > > 1 hand to remove and hold the camera base-plate > > 1 hand to remove and hold the take-up spool > > 1 hand to insert the film tongue into the take-up spool > > 1 hand to open the back door (which has fallen closed as you did the > above) > > > > Most people lack eight hands, so they either seek help, stuff > things into > > various orifices, or drop the film canister, the top of the > film canister, > > the base plate, or the take-up spool. > > > > Of course this M3 procedure is (as you note) far easier than the one on > the > > M4 in which you have to accomplish essentially the same thing > in the dark > > and inside the camera body since the take-up spool cannot be removed... > > > > Hope this helps, > > Mike Quinn > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > >