Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was a Contax and Contarex user, and have used Nikon rangefinders and a Nikon F once or twice, all a pain to load. The M loading system is my all time favourite. The flimsy hinged back jobs have caught up now with auto load, but I am always scared the back will break whilst open. It is such a flimsy thing just by virtue of the form factor. My Fuji 617 back is scarily flexy, amazed it stays light tight. Frank On 4 Oct, 2004, at 23:34, Vick Ko wrote: > That's a good question. > > Of the million of Nikon F users, I don't recall them complaining about > load an F on the run. > > How did they do it? > > Same for the Contax and Contarex users, and those spools fell out! > > regards > Vick > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Emanuel Lowi > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:19 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Re: New Zeiss Ikon > > > And for those of you who condemn film loading a Leica > M -- with its skinny baseplate that you grip with your > teeth and an attached flip-up back door -- consider > loading a Nikon RF, with its removable combined > base/back that is nearly as big as the entire camera. > Where do you put that while carefully threading the > film into the take-up spool, on the run? > > BLECH! > > Emanuel Lowi > Montreal > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >