Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the rewind crank should turn when advancing film, though you need to take up slack first by cranking the rewind as soon as the baseplate is back on. i used to keep the crank handle out just so it was clear it was spinning when advancing to "0". avoids the horror of the capturing your kid's 5th birthday on a pressure plate instead of HP5. -rei On May31 00:53, Thein Onn Ming wrote: > I think the shutter dial on the M6TTL and MP makes sense though? Turn in > the direction of the arrows for correct exposure. > > I have a very stupid question: should the rewind knob on the M6TTL > rotate when advancing the film normally? And how much resistance should > there be when rewinding? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong > because A) it doesn't rotate when advancing film and b) there's very > little resistance when rewinding. I plead total ignorance here because > it's my first roll and first film Leica (though of course not first film > camera or Leica; I have an M8 and used to use an F2 for a number of > years). > > On May 31, 2009, at 12:47 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > >> definitely. i have a noctilux & 75 lux and the 85 really makes it >> better. film cameras are m6 .85 classic, MP 0.85, & m3. i use the >> 1.25 >> magnifier. >> >> wish the m8 had a hi-mag option. (also wish it had right-way >> shutter dial) >> >> -rei >> >> > > THEIN Onn Ming > *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com > www.flickr.com/mingthein > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey