Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I replaced the baseplate on my M6 with an M4-2 baseplate in order to use Leica cassettes. kw > Tom - Have you or any other LUGger had a problem with some of the Solms > M6s not being able to open the Leica cassettes. Marc Small says that he > has an early Wetzlar version that works fine but he thinks that Solms took > the mechanism out on later models for some reason. Does this have any > bearing on the working of your winder? >======================================================== > In a message dated 98-02-10 00:05:21 EST, you write: ><< between 37-39 exposures per roll. I have made a little device, similar to >the > Leica Handwinding stick ( which I use for my Leica cassettes) that holds the > spool and that you just "spin" to spool up the film. The Leica reloadable > cassettes are great, but they require some dexterity to use and with some of > the new film bases, Tech Pan in particularly, it is almost impossible to rip > off >> - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits Davison Middle School preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> 600 Dayton, Davison, MI 48423 <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>