Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, you would be mad to cut the film while holding the camera in the field. All done in advance, and nothing lost if you load it in a Nicanola. Well maybe a frame. One thing about the older loading, when it was done, the film was truely loaded: none of those wind away merrily without advancing film on some of the newer (not newest) cameras. Cheers On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 05:24 Australia/Melbourne, Marc James Small wrote: > At 11:16 PM 6/28/03 -0700, Martin Howard wrote: >> >> In the time it takes you to get out your pocket knife to trim the >> leader for the IIIc, our Bessa owner has loaded his camera and taken >> three shots. > > Martin > > It seems that you suffer from some coördination problems. I generally > cut > my film in advance, but, if not, I can do so in about fifteen seconds > or > so. No biggie. And the rest of the loading process is fast, not as > fast > as with some other cameras, but not as slow as you indicate. > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html