Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 05:38 PM 12/13/2000 +0100, Stephen Holloway wrote: > >Original loading: > > > >Flip the baseplate off, old film falls out, put in your pocket. Turn the > >camera upside down in your left hand, hold the baseplate between 3rd and 4th > >fingers pull the spool out, it's in your right hand - oops, you just ran out > >of hands. Stop, put some stuff down and you know the rest. > > Actually, what most folks do is to put the spool in the pocket together > with the baseplate. Let the camera hang down on the strap. Remove the > film cannister with one hand, the take-up spool with the other. Connect > them as Father Barnack intended. Turn the camera upside down and insert > the two film spools into the base of the camera. Once this is in place, > remove the base plate from the pocket and install it on the camera. > > 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! Having owned and used M3 cameras for many years I too can load the damn thing while it is hanging around my neck. It is a feat that a juggler would be proud to include in his or her routine. But I can and do do it. I do, however vastly prefer to load an M4 or higher, especially as I usually have so many things in my pockets that I sometimes have a hard time finding the spool or wayward baseplate. John Shick