Re: [Leica] Film broken in half on Leica IIF?

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

Matej-
One, was the film split longitudinally? if so, the extended tongue had a
fault that let the film split at it was pulled out- careful trimming will
solve that- or, before winding all the way in, cut the film across at the
leader to make a flat end.

If it broke across the width of the fil, I would suggest that the film was
not engaged fully on the sprockets, and the sprockets themslve made 'new'
holes which weakened the film.
If you have not be trimming the leader to 4"" (10cm) then this is a good
reason to start! If you do trim, make sure the cut is smooth as it curves
from the middle to the edge, and to make sure the cut goes BETWEEN the
sprocket holes- to avoid film chips that WILL eventually jam the shutter!
(My friend Youxin says that there is not a single LTM that he works upon
that doesn't have at least some film chips in it!)
BEst of light to you and it is good to hear from you again!
Dan ( slowing becoming a PYRO-maniac!) Post
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Matej Novak" <matej.novak@hermes.si>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: [Leica] Film broken in half on Leica IIF?


> Hello,
>
>  Yesterday I took a roll of PAN 400 to the local store to have it
> developped.
>
>  A few hours later I came back to the store, and they showed me the roll
> that I brought and two stripes of film coming out of it. They said that
when
> they used a special tool to get the film leader out of the roll, this is
> what came out. They have also demonstrated me how they do it on another
roll
> of film that somebody just brought it, and it worked without problems.
Then
> we kept pulling the film out of the roll, and it seems to be broken all
the
> way.
>
>  I'm using a Leica IIF, and I'm wondering what could have caused this (so
> that I know what to avoid in the future):
> - did I trim the film leader uncorrectly
> - is there a problem with the film advance mechanism of my Leica
> - did the local store somehow broke the film when they tried to get the
film
> leader out of the roll with their special tool, and as we kept pulling the
> film out of the roll, the film kept breaking?
> - something else?
>
>  Did somebody on the LUG had a similar experience?
>
>  Please advise.
>
> Thanks,
> Matej
>