[Leica] Copy of ABLON template WAS LEICA IIIF - I NEED SOME HELP

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 6/7/07 2:45 PM, "Christopher Birchenhall" <crbirchenhall@googlemail.com>
typed:

> I have not been following the details of this thread so I may have
> missed something. I have had two IIIa's and now have a IIIf. For all
> of them I have followed a suggestion published in the Amateur
> Photographer on a special edition to celebrate Leica cameras. Here's a
> quick summary. Don't trim the film! Get a thin plastic credit card
> sized flyer (lots of guys distribute these as adverts). Attach the
> lead end of the film to the take up spool as usual. Put the film
> cassette and take up spool half way into the camera. Slide the plastic
> card in between the film and the rear of the shutter. Push the
> cassette and spool all the way in. Wind on the film gently until both
> edges engage with the drive sprockets. Remove the plastic card. Attach
> the base plate; wind on to 0 or 1. Away you go. It works fine for me.
> 
> Chris B


But I'm not seeing what the credit card thing does.



Mark Rabiner
Harlem, NY

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