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Subject: [Leica] Copy of ABLON template WAS LEICA IIIF - I NEED SOME HELP
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu Jun 7 10:54:01 2007
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Len,

I have had a Japanese copy of the ABLON for many years, and it works fine 
for me, using a sharp pen knife that has a pointed blade that makes it easy 
to follow the curve of the template.  Just be careful to avoid cutting 
through a sprocket hole.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Copy of ABLON template WAS LEICA IIIF - I NEED SOME 
HELP


> For $15 I would try it as well. What I do is use a printed template  made 
> from an ABLON what someone posted on the web. I just overlay the  film on 
> the template and trim with scissors. It takes 10 seconds at  the most and 
> is much easier then the Gandy method. If anyone wants  the jpg of the 
> template I can post it. Printed on glossy paper it is  quite durable.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Jun 7, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote:
>
>> Kenneth Frazier wrote:
>>>
>>> I have one, tried using it, and didn't like it.  I trim with a  pair of 
>>> small scissors.
>>
>> I remember that we had an exchange before I bought one and you  thought 
>> it would probably be unnecessary. I should have listened to  you :-) But 
>> for 15 dollars it was worth a try.
>>
>> I suppose that if I loaded up 100 rolls at once and was going to  trim 
>> them all in one sitting I'd go for a template.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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