Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1992/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian and other Leica users, Somewhere, I have a little metal folding template for cutting film leaders for screw mount Leica cameras. It has two metal plates attached together with a hinge that you open, place the end of the film in, close, and then trim the film with scissors or a razor. I inherited my Leica set up from my father and have no idea where he got this little tool (I don't remember weather or not it says Leitz on it). Since I haven't been able to find this gadget recently I just trim the leader back to 20 sprocket holes (modern films are trimmed to 10 sprocket holes) with scissors. (I still don't like loading these things!) On another subject... If anyone could please suggest a very good place to have screw mount Leica camera bodies repaired (new beamsplitter, new curtains, etc.) I would appreciate it. -Dyer Dyer Lytle, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, 602-323-4136 Internet: lytle@noao.edu SPAN: NOAO::LYTLE (NOAO=5355) - "The goal of civilization is settled life and the achievement of luxury. But there is a limit which cannot be overstepped. When prosperity and luxury come to a people, they are followed by excessive consumption and extravagance. With that the human soul itself is undermined both in its worldly well-being and in its spiritual life." - - the Arab, Ibn Khaldun, greatest of all historians