RE: [Leica] Pensees

["Bill" <bnelsch@uswest.net>]

No but during the 60's protest marches I could change the film in my M3
running at full speed.

Bill in Denver

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Javier
Perez
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 3:07 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Pensees


Surely there must be a story about a
guy with 1 hand who could reload and shoot
with an M3 without any problem.
Javier

Mike Quinn wrote:

> A few answers:
>
> Joe Sobel asked:
>
> > 1. If Leicas have a theoretically unlimited life, even if digital
> > did not take over, would prices eventually come down on used gear anyway
> > - it would seem that with an unlimited number of M6s to be produced,
> > there would be a glut.>>
>
> No Glut:  the rate at which Leica collectors are produced has always
greatly
> exceeded the rate at which the cameras were produced...
>
> > 3. If an M3 had no framelines, would the field be equivalent to a 40mm
lens?
>
> Not Quite. But what you see when you move your eye from side to side until
> the 50 mm frame lines disappear does approximate the 40 mm coverage.
>
> > 5.    Just what is Vulcanite and how do they apply it so evenly at the
> > factory?  Is it a liquid which is then embossed while on the parts?!>>
> >
> Check the archives on this one. It's a pre-formed shell of now unavailable
> composition material that was bonded to the body by heat (hence
> "vulcanite").
>
> > 6.    Is it really easier to load an M3 than an M4?
>
> Yes, but it helps to have more than two hands.
> The optimum number of hands is 8:
>
> 1 hand to hold the camera
> 1 hand to hold the film canister
> 1 hand to remove the top of the canister
> 1 hand to remove the film from the canister and then hold the film
> 1 hand to remove and hold the camera base-plate
> 1 hand to remove and hold the take-up spool
> 1 hand to insert the film tongue into the take-up spool
> 1 hand to open the back door (which has fallen closed as you did the
above)
>
> Most people lack eight hands, so they either seek help, stuff things into
> various orifices, or drop the film canister, the top of the film canister,
> the base plate, or the take-up spool.
>
> Of course this M3 procedure is (as you note) far easier than the one on
the
> M4 in which you have to accomplish essentially the same thing in the dark
> and inside the camera body since the take-up spool cannot be removed...
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mike Quinn


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