Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What kind of film was it and who put it in the cassette? Sounds like the film was attached to the spool incorrectly by the manufacturer. People who load their own sometimes have that problem and I've noticed that Fuji is inconsistent in their spooling. I'd guess it wasn't Kodak. Mike Quinn 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.