Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve - Congratulations, 5 helpful hints and then you come up with the crux of the matter. Those $5 ABLON tongue templates are so in demand now, that I have seen them for sale at camera shows for between $75 and $100. I don't know when the film makers stopped making the long tongues -- any idea ? << Steph, you need to trim the leader. The part that is cut out of the leader is not enough for the IIIf camera. Take a scissor and continue the cut another 1.5 inch with a smooth curve out to the sprockets, then the film will load easily, or more easily. So in other words, instead of having about 1.5 inch of the leader being about half the films width, you will have about 3 in. Steve