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Subject: [Leica] IIIf - HELP!!!!
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 02:44:32 -0500 (CDT)
References: <3b658587-7654-3eba-a0c4-dacd1dc9254f@summaventures.com> <B7663175-FDD0-46FC-95CA-3E36B3BE5C0C@gmail.com> <b6e55043-e16d-1f0f-883d-1a7a00bfc9e7@summaventures.com> <CC6725E3-FAB1-40DE-A27C-5F7891F408EF@rabinergroup.com> <17118c4b-18cc-383b-fd9b-9eff80f1e459@lighttube.net> <0E431BFB-227D-4844-9B41-F25C48A9ECCA@rabinergroup.com> <37e2e317-5e71-5118-0690-97578ca13c73@summaventures.com>

But you need a longer leader than film comes with, not shorter.


> On Apr 9, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I used to carry nail scissors and cut the leaders by hand, that was until 
> the
> post-9/11 situation. All the fuss about what you could - and couldn't - 
> carry on
> with you meant no more nail scissors. Now I just use the leader on the 
> film and
> wind it round the take-up spool one extra time or so.
> 
> It has incidentally affected my carbon footprint; I take trains 
> internationally
> where I can and often drive. I fly far less than I used to.
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 09/04/2018 12:28, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> I tried the non-template me tear it myself approach which got me into 
>> this mess in the first place.
>> I'm now going to try using an idiot template. I have a feeling no more 
>> messes. 
>> My leaders will no longer possess my inimitable personality; only to be 
>> snipped off in the end.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> ===========================================================
> Dr Peter Dzwig                                
> 
> 
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