Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One further question. My older Wetzlar era M6 has the proper connectors in the baseplate to work with the Leica cassettes, but not so my newer Solms M6. Is it possible to replace the locking key on the newer baseplate with the proper type to work with the Cassettes? Dan C. At 12:33 AM 07-11-00 EST, TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote: >The Leica M-cassette is a pain to load, but it works very well. I have a lot >of them (around 150 I think) and occasionally I go nuts and load Super-XX or >Agfapan 250 movie stock in them. They are heavy, clumsy but you never get a >scratch on the film. A 400 ft can of moviestock gives me about 75 fully >loaded cassettes, enough for a week or two of shooting. I have tried the >Nikon cassette, did not like it, tried the Canon cassette, did not like that >one either (I do keep a couple of Canon and Nikon rangefinders around, just >to reinforce my own belief, that the Leica M is the best!). > Avoid using Tech-Pan in M-cassettes. The spring that holds the end of the >film on the centerspool is strong and trying to tear TechPan is futile (and >you can never find the knife or scissors in the dark! This is one of the laws >of darkroom work!). >Tom A > >