Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:28 PM 4/3/98 -0500, you wrote: >This sounds to me like a very DANGEROUS practice. Especially "folding it >back and forth a couple of times". It only takes one small piece of film >to wreck a shutter. Should this "end of film" break off, it could get into >places it shouldn't. Maybe not as soon as it breaks. Maybe when you load >the next roll. Anyway I wouldn't do it. > >Art > Art - Maybe I explained this poorly. I don't mean fold the same piece back and forth. I mean pleat it like a fan a couple of times. I've never had the film break like this, but I certainly have had it slip out and fail to catch when I don't fold it. That results in fumbling, swearing, and tearing of film as I try to frantically to reload before I miss the "decisive moment"! Best - TIna ______________________________________________________________________ Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>