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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rewind handle and take-up spool + 2 more pics.
From: grduprey@rockwellcollins.com
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 12:31:47 -0500

I guess shore line would be the more accurate term.  Either way the shots
are quite spectacular.  I can see that in order to compete with Rob and
BeeGee, I am going to have to do some serious shooting around Iowa to come
up with some good photos for this group. : )  Since Iowa is famous for its
covered bridges, maybe I can come up with some fresh perspectives along
that line.

Gene



                                                                                                                                                  
                      Jerry Lehrer                                                                                                                
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Gene

It's just a short drive from Brisbane, but I'd be hard pressed to call
it a beach where the photos were taken.  Pretty spot though.

Jerry

grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:

> Rob
>
> Nice series of pics.  Sure wish I had that beach near hear - Nothing but
> flat corn fields...
>
> As for the M6 rewind, My M6TTL rewind is tight and much as you describe
> your M6.
>
> Gene
>
>
>                       Rob Heyman
>                       <rheyman@bigpond.net.au>            To:
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>                       05/07/2003 02:44 AM
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>
> I returned to a particular beach last week to photograph a family. I
> have used this area before, but it is different every time.  The day was
> perfect for portraits and the results are at:
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/folder-4608.html
>
> I have borrowed an M6 from a friend for a week or two while I send mine
> off to be serviced next week, but it caused me some real anxiety last
> Saturday. I was photographing a wedding with both cameras hanging around
> my neck. My M6 with the short strap had the 35mm lens and his had the
> 50mm with the long strap. Both with the same film type, NPH. I had
> almost finished a roll on his camera when I noticed that the rewind
> handle did not move when I wound the film on! Damn! Not loaded properly!
> I was about to open the camera when I thought I had better check first.
> When I wound the handle it stopped, so the leader must be attached to
> the take-up spool. While watching the handle I fired off a shot and
> wound on again....AND THE HANDLE MOVED!. Joy of joys! It appears that
> his camera allows the film to unwind quite a bit in the cannister and
> when I wound on the next time, the handle did not need to move to give
> me a full frame. His camera winds on much more easily than mine and that
> is what initially alerted me to a potential problem. I thought it felt
> too loose to be winding film. Unfounded as it turns out, but worrisome
> at the time. In comparison mine is quite tight, especially when
> rewinding. As rewinding is almost complete, I quite often lose grip
> because of this tension. This is the only time I have used another M6
> and as such this is the only time I have been able to make a comparison.
> Which is correct, quite loose or reasonably tight? Should the rewind
> handle spin quite freely during film advance or should there be just
> enough tension to allow only a frame to unroll from the spool without
> "running on" a bit like a roll of toilet paper?
> And how do I verbalise what is little or a lot?
> Rob
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