Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You could have had a defective roll of film or you may have simple wound too hard. To cure the later, purchase a TA Rapidwinder which will slip rather than tear film. (or stop when the counter says 36) Ken Wilcox At 8:00 -0400 4/8/0, a fine scholar, Kenneth Epstein wrote: >I was using my new M6 TTL yesterday, when I noticed that I had gone up to >the 40th frame on the indicator. I did not notice whether the rewind knob >had been turning. I decided to rewind the film, but there was no tension. >I began to doubt whether I had actually loaded the camera, so I opened it. >Much to my surprise, the film had separated from the cartridge, and was all >on the take-up spool. I threw the film away and removed a broken piece of >film that I found under the take-up spool. > >My question is, what happened and is there something I should avoid in the >future. Thanks from a new Leica user. > >Ken > >_______________________________ >Kenneth Epstein ><mailto:kepstein@mediaone.net> - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>