Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]this is how I was taught, but I'm so summy on film, that I try to get every last frame ;-) (and often lose them because of it) On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 13:23 Australia/Melbourne, Andrew Moore wrote: > >> > This is what I do, too. A knife or pair of scissors is all >> that's >> > needed, no special accessories at all. I suppose teeth would do >> > the trick in a pinch, but I've never tried it since the film in >> > my bag has always been trimmed. > > If you set the shutter to "T" and release, and remove the lens, > and guide the film with your thumb through the lens mount, > and wind on as you go (may take several iterations of wind > and release), you don't even need special accessories such > as the knife or scissors. In almost 20 years of doing this with > my IIIf, I've never had a misload or a failure. It's not fast, > but it works. > > --Andrew > NO ARCHIVE > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html