Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree that opening the door is a good idea, and I see no reason to avoid opening it. It allows me to feel the sprocked teeth project through the film, insuring that the film will aedvance properly. It's a help, not a problem. Joe Stephenson >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 > > >