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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rewind handle and take-up spool + 2 more pics.
From: Rob Heyman <rheyman@bigpond.net.au>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 11:57:05 +1000
References: <OFBDFDA64C.67FB2E12-ON86256D1F.005EE6B7-86256D1F.00604B45@rockwellcollins.com>

Gene, I would really like to see that. I'm also pretty sure that many other luggers would concur.
Rob

grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:

> 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
>                       <jerryleh@pacbell.net>              To:       leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>                       Sent by:                            cc:
>                       owner-leica-users@mejac.palo        Subject:  Re: [Leica] Rewind handle and take-up spool + 2 more pics.
>                       -alto.ca.us
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>
>                       05/07/2003 11:17 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       leica-users
>
>
>
> 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:
> "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> >                       Sent by:                            cc:
> >                       owner-leica-users@mejac.palo        Subject:
> [Leica] Rewind handle and take-up spool + 2 more pics.
> >                       -alto.ca.us
> >
> >
> >                       05/07/2003 02:44 AM
> >                       Please respond to
> >                       leica-users
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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