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Subject: RE: [Leica] Multiple exposures with M6?
From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:30:09 -0400

I was looking for a more technical explanation, but certainly, this will 
do!  I don't believe I need to try it given what you say it sounds 
like....I'd rather not find out which two gears either ;-)  Thanks.

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From: 	John Collier
Sent: 	Wednesday, May 03, 2000 1:28 AM
To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: 	Re: [Leica] Multiple exposures with M6?


Well try it. Load some old roll and fire off some frames. Tension the 
rewind
crank and hold it in position. Flip the rewind lever down and hold it down
as well. Now advance the shutter. Sounds and feels awful to me. Two gears
that are almost meshing fighting and slipping against each other. Long term
outlook? Poor. Just exactly which two gears they are I cannot say but I
would rather not find out. If you need to do double exposures with a Leica
rangefinder get a screw-mount. They are easy to do double exposures with.

John Collier



> From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
>
> Though they 'say' "DON'T DO IT", do you know specifically why?
>
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> From:  John Collier
>
> It is not a stupid question especially as it is not a good idea to try to 
do
> multiple exposures with an M camera. The Leica techs that I and others 
have
> talked to emphatically state: "DON'T DO IT!" I listened.
>
> John Collier
>
>> From: ZaaX@aol.com
>>
>> This is may be a stupid question but is there any way do multiple 
exposures
>> with an M6? I goofed with mine for a while but for the life of me could 
see
>> no way to do this. On the other hand this group has amazing knowledge so 
if
>> anyone would know it would be someone reading this right now.
>>
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