Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guys- If it would help, I have a couple of old Leica manuals that I could scan if someone is willing to put them on a web page. They show all sorts of Leica LTM esoterica. From a 1938 list of available Leica bodies, lenses and accesories, to a manual on how to load a IIIc ( or other LTM for that matter.) and other stuff. I also have scans of Focomat Ic manuals, and I got permission to distribute them from Leica as long as I don't do it for a profit!!- I can furnish a CD-R with those, for postage plus the cost of the CD-R. Let me know if anyone needs this info- offline preferably :o) Best of light! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Satterfield" <cwsat@istate.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] LTM Esoteria [Was: Leica IIIf] > Is this a 36 exposure roll? > > Howard Sanner wrote: > > > >>Before loading the IIIf or any other screwball Leica, trim the > > >>film's leader so that the tongue ends between the 21st and 22nd > > >>sprocket holes. > > > > [snip] > > > > >I agree wholeheartedly with the above, but take exception with the > > >unnaturally high number of sprocket holes mentioned therein. I always > > >pull > > >out the film leader to show a total of 15 sprocket holes, then trim > > >13 of > > >those, using a gently curving cut toward the end, leaving two > > >sprocket > > >holes in evidence. > > > > I came up with the "magic" number of 21 by looking at a picture > > in an old Leica manual, I forget which edition. It showed a > > leader as trimmed by an ABLON template, and I counted the number > > of sprocket holes. I've never tried 13, but don't doubt what you > > say a bit. > > > > Howard Sanner > > flagstad@mindspring.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html