Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] film loading, flip up door
From: Alan Ball <AlanBall@csi.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 16:44:11 +0100

Ted Grant wrote:
>....snip.....
> What I don't understand is why the door opening is such a big deal? It's
> quick, efficient and allows much faster loading than screwing around trying
> to fiddle the film into place.
> ...snip....

I also find the back door a good idea, enabling to save the load when
the film does not nicely glide down where it should. Except I once did
screw back the base plate without pressing the back door hard enough.
That seems like an easy mistake to do. Result: a wasted film due to
light leaking from the unsecured back door. 

But the M6 provides a diagnosis for that: the metering seems not to work
anymore and the right led arrow stays on. I did not know that, so I
thought my meter was kaput and cursing about it while I was wasting my
film....

Alan