Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, what a strong kid shot! Is she holding a table in the Superwoman way? Thanks for showing, Philippe > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:21:52 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Two PAW offerings... > > Homage to Jim Shulman... > http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/Opus > And a kid shot... > http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/Hayden1 > > BTW - what is it about the gallery and color...these same images, same > monitor, are brighter and have better color before loading into gallery. > > > On 9/12/05 12:13 PM, "Jim Nichols" <nicholsj@edge.net> wrote: > >> I have been reading all of the advice given, and would like to offer some >> comments. I have been using a Leica IIIa for over 50 years, and also use >> a >> IIIf. First, in my experience, the position of the rewind knob when >> loading >> film is completely irrelevant. It can be either pulled up or left down. >> Second, the position of the Advance/Rewind lever does not seem to be >> important >> when loading, although it must be set to "A" before advancing the film. >> From >> the sound of this thread, it appears that this is a camera with which the >> user >> is just now becoming familiar. Is it possible that the takeup spool is >> not >> the correct one, or that it does not fit tightly on the takeup post? It >> seems >> he is doing the right things, but may have an equipment problem which has >> gone >> unrecognized. Finally, the most important last step when loading film is >> to >> be sure that the cassette and the takeup spool are pushed into the camera >> as >> far as they will go. I also trim the leader to get best resu! >> lts and simple loading. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >