Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i start shooting on frame zero and typically get 39 frames with the M6. proof on 8.5 x 11 paper, 6 strips of 6, plus a half-strip of 3. i'd guess that many of the early frames will be salvagable. - -rei On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:28:15PM +0100, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Leica's seem to be pretty frugal when it comes to burning off a few frames > in the beginning when you first load a roll. 1 - 2 and you're ready to go. > > Other cameras are a little more "wasteful" ... 1 - 2 - 3 and ready for an > F3. > > I suspect that the film producers cater for the "worst case", giving those > with a camera like a Leica a few extra frames to boot. > > As for anything being salvageable ... just have it developed. You'll never > know otherwise. A few will be wasted and none have benefited from the > experience, but it depends on how you feel about your shots. If you can > afford an M7 you can afford to blow a few bucks on processing :) :) > > Daniel > > > At 01:43 13.03.2003 -0800, you wrote: > >One complaint about the Ms is of course the bottom loading. Yes I > >understand that some people like it a lot too. When I rented the M6, I > >thought the bottom loading is pretty neat and didn't have any trouble. > > > >Tonight I was finishing the first roll (Provia 100F 36 exp) on the brand > >new M7, shot 37 went past. Cool. 38, OK. 39. Hm... 40? The rewind crank > >rotated when I winded the lever and there was some tension. 41? Uh Oh, > >something must be wrong. In my panic, I didn't think about trying to > >rewind. Opened the bottom plate and SH*T - there were film out on the > >spool! Replaced bottom plate. Rewind - it certainly did not feel like I > >have to wind the whole length's worth... > > > >So - is it possible that my M7 has a problem and that the take up spool > >does not pull in a full frame's worth? (e.g. for argument sake, each > >winding on the lever only pulls in half of the frame or whatever) Or is it > >possible that the M7 just giving me lots of extra frames? If latter, what > >is the chance that there are some salvageable pictures on the roll? Should > >I go ahead and develop it? > > > >I then load in one of the those 12+3 roll as a test, and I got 18 "shots" > >on the counter. > > > >Arrgghhh.... > > > >// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> > ><http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> > >On-line orders, support, and listservers available on web site. > >[ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > >previous replies in your msgs. ] - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html