Re: [Leica] Conventional M3 Loading

[Chandos <cmbrow@wm.edu>]

I know that this is going to sound snitty, but these loading "problems" do 
seem to vanish if one actually uses the cameras with any regularity.  I can 
count the number of rolls botched over the course of nearly thirty years of 
SM and M use on the fingers of one hand, and those have invariably been 
caused by my error.

As to botched *shots*--that's an entirely different matter . . .

CHandos

At 04:49 PM 12/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
><<snip>>
> >
> > I also do a LOT of street shooting and have never had a problem loading an
> > M3.  (But, then, some folks on the Rollei List complain about loading a
> > Rolleiflex TLR while walking, and I don't have a problem with that, 
> either.)
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>
>
>I agree, the loading for M2's and M3's is not that bad once you get the
>routine down. This fall I have been working on a project for NFL Films
>shooting NFL Films 16mm cameramen on the sidelines. I have used for each
>game two M2's and a M3. Rapid shooting is the game here, so, shoot off the
>three cameras, quickly reload all three, shoot, reload, shoot, reload....and
>sometimes do it while running. Yes I suppose a rapid load would be good but
>during the games I never even thought about it.
>
>Steve
>Annapolis