Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jim. After a while I started to suspect that the shaft that goes into the take up spool may not be working properly. I finally got the camera loaded and have taken 2 pictures so far...cloudy day yesterday. The trick that helped me was the one taking of the lens and keeping the shutter open to help the film align behind the curtain. I guess that it is a question of practice and usage. So thanks to all for your precious help. peace D. On Sep 12, 2005, at 12:13 PM, Jim Nichols 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