Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
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At 6:51 PM -0700 3/11/02, John Collier wrote:
>My bottom plate basket balks at the take up tulip at times.
>
>John Collier
>
>> From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
>>
>>> I always found
>>> the plastic
>>> Roller a bother. It never slipped in over the "tulip" as you
>>> wanted, most of
>>> the time the spokes of it got stuck, or hit the tips of the
>>> "tulip" take up
>>> spool and required that you fiddled with it.
>>
>> Hi Tuulikki,
>>
>> I believe the above is an exaggeration. I've got probably 2000 rolls of
>> film on an M6 with the RapidWinder, and the basket, and I have not in one
>> instance ever had a problem as you describe. I've also never seen anyone on
>> this list complain of such a problem, and none of the camera review sites
>> that have reviews of the M6 claim this as a problem... I don't dispute it
>> was a problem for you, as you are relaying your personal experience, but I
>> don't believe it's much of an issue for others.
>>
>> As I've said, I have had misloads, as well as have read others have had
> > misloads, without the basket...and I've had NO misloads with it.
>>
It's happened to me too at times, and loading without the basket can
be quicker. You just have to try it and see what works.
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