Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I stand corrected Marc. I has assumed Bob was getting a new M6 as he seems to be waiting a few weeks for it to arrive. On the subject of Wetzler vs Solms M6's, I think the changes made in the new M6's far out weigh having an older M6 with questionable meter circuitry which could be very expensive to repair, while there is no evidence that the changes made to the Solms M6's has made them less reliable mechanically. As for the Leica cassettes, they don't seem very economical when I can buy new metal reloadable cartridges for about fifty cents a piece. These new cassettes will also work in my R6, and R8, as well as the M6. I tend to load the whole hundred foot roll which takes about nineteen cassettes. I also have two to four emulsions rolled off at a time as well which can range from fourty to eighty cassettes. For example, I have Velvia, RSX100, and E200 in my fridge now all loaded into the cassettes and with only a few rolls of the E200 and RSX 100 left. I have only seen Leica cassettes in the ten dollar range each, so for me to bulk load sixty or so rolls, I would need $600 in Leica cassettes. With that $600 I could buy a dozen one hundred foot rolls of RSX II. I think my money is best spent on film, not fancy cassettes. The more film I shoot the better my photography gets. Regards, Robert At 10:06 PM 4/6/99 -0400, you wrote: >At 10:07 PM 4/6/99 -0300, Robert G Stevens mis-stated: >> >>A M6 will not open and close these cassettes. > >Wrong! A Solms M6, one of those late and junky ones, will not, it is true, >but why would someone settle for second best? The impeccably built and >superbly designed Wetzlar ones WILL take the cassettes, as they have the M3 >locking lugs on their baseplate. > >I know: I have one! > >And Leica will cheerfully sell any of us an M4-2 baseplate which has the >lugs, and which will fit the M6. > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > > > >