Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: No Need to Trim
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 15:52:06 -0500
References: <200101080407.UAA16518@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

At 01:52 AM 1/8/2001 -0800, Douglas Cooper wrote:
>There is no doubt that film chips will kill your camera -- it's like feeding
>chicken bones to a dog.  *However*, I have it from a guy who may well know
>more about the insides of these cameras than any man alive (note I said
>"man"), that untrimmed film is just fine if you load it properly.  In fact,
>he suggested this over cutting the leader.  (The man in question is DAG;
>dunno if Sherry would support this.)

I believe that the noted and authoritative Steve Grimes agrees
whole-heartedly with this position

Marc

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