Re: [Leica] Rapid Load Kit, a defence

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

I use a rapid load kit in my M2 and have nothing but praise for it. I can
load much faster than with the old separate spool and I never have had a
misload. To line up the "slot" correctly just use your finger tip, it turns
easily.

John Collier


> From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
> 
> Absolutely not.  These things are almost always found as "NOS".  This was
> one of the great Disasters of Leitz production, as the kit a) answered a
> question no one had asked and b) didn't work worth a damn.  Hence, no one
> bought them.  So, immense quantities of these appear from time to time as
> camera stores clean out their basements (generally, when they are being
> bought out by a chain ... )
>
and 
> From: Stephen Holloway <hollowst@hotmail.com>
> Yes, you have to pull it out (only a few mm). More annoying is having to
> line up the slot in the spool by advancing the wind lever.
>