Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How did you catch this one out of his orbit? ;-) Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 9-feb-07, om 17:50 heeft Alan Magayne-Roshak het volgende geschreven: > I too use a Swiss Army Knife to cut the leader for my IIIf and Stereo > Realist. What I found that seems to be the key for easy loading is to > leave the rewind lever at "R" until the film, attached to the take-up > spool, is inserted in the camera. This allows the sprocket shaft > to move > into the sprocket holes with a little jiggle to the take-up spool. > I just > make sure I can see a tooth coming through a hole, attach the > bottom plate, > and THEN turn the lever to "A". > > I've had less trouble loading my IIIf than I've had with the > supposedly > quick-load system on the M4-2 that I used to use at work. > Sometimes it > would take three tries to get that going. > > Coincidentally, yesterday I put these pictures up of my IIIf "all > decked > out" with low-light meter + rapid wind and rewind gizmos. I don't use > these, but I thought it made an interesting assemblage. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/ > IIIf_Top_AMR.jpg.html >> > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear? > IIIf_Front_AMR.jpg.ht > ml> > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak > Senior Photographer > Photo Services > Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee > Information & Media Technologies > amr3@uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >