Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>Before loading the IIIf or any other screwball Leica, trim the >>film's leader so that the tongue ends between the 21st and 22nd >>sprocket holes. [snip] >I agree wholeheartedly with the above, but take exception with the >unnaturally high number of sprocket holes mentioned therein. I always >pull >out the film leader to show a total of 15 sprocket holes, then trim >13 of >those, using a gently curving cut toward the end, leaving two >sprocket >holes in evidence. I came up with the "magic" number of 21 by looking at a picture in an old Leica manual, I forget which edition. It showed a leader as trimmed by an ABLON template, and I counted the number of sprocket holes. I've never tried 13, but don't doubt what you say a bit. Howard Sanner flagstad@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html