Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rewinding film in M6 outside cassette
From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 00:29:23 -0400
References: <004301c13979$d42057c0$6641f9d8@earthlink.net> <00d101c1398f$3c2a5b80$bd3afea9@oemcomputer> <002001c139a8$4ae20560$c6cd9aac@h7d9o5> <000801c13a52$cd4401c0$bd3afea9@oemcomputer> <003601c13a77$5143c680$dd16a9ac@h7d9o5>

I have probably a 80% success rate with that exact situation with the
cheapest of retrievers.  The trick is to know that you only have a few mm's
to grab onto.
So you stick the first tongue in, backwind until you hear/feel the click,
then forward wind maybe half a turn.  Push the second tongue in and use your
nails to push the two tongues together rather firmly as close to the felt as
you can and pull straight back.  Almost every time you will have the leader.

At the risk of ridicule, it's becoming one with the leader.  Boy, I can hear
the comments now. ;)

Don
dorysrus@mindspring.com

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