Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: What SHOULD the week at Photokina bring? Open back M loading
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard F. Man)
Date: Mon Sep 27 16:52:04 2004
References: <200409271742.i8RHcvxT030991@server1.waverley.reid.org> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0409271208080.21898@mail.2alpha.net>
 
Why ALL the fuss? Don't we all have pockets :-)?

At 12:14 PM 9/27/2004, Peter Klein wrote:


>A friend of mine taught me to hold the bottom plate between the the fourth
>and fifth fingers of one hand, with the little "cage" that engages the
>film-loading "tulip" acting as a "stop."  This works well when I remember
>to do it. You've still got your thumb and index finger to push the film
>leader into the tulip.
>
>--Peter
>
>Eric wrote:
> > That's why we have mouths.  :)  Bottom plate is held between my lips
> > while loading.  I've yet to find a better method.
>

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com)
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