Re: LTMs and leaders

["Don Bledsoe" <dbledsoe@micron.net>]

It is not necessary to cut the leader if you remove the lens, set the
shutter speed to T,  open the shutter, stick your finger in (CAREFULLY) and
guide the film up and across the pressure plate between the pressure plate
and shutter frame as you load the cassette and take up spool into the
camera.  I have a leader trimmer but have never used it, preferring instead
to take a few seconds to load the film in this manner.

Don

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> From: Steve Kobrin <kobrin2@xman.wharton.upenn.edu>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: LTMs and leaders
> Date: Friday, March 07, 1997 2:44 PM
> 
> I just got a IIIf red dial and am looking forward to using it.  I do have
a
> very elementary question:  is it really necessary to cut the film leader
to
> extend it to the full four inches as shown on the diagram in the camera
or
> can the IIIf and other screw mounts be loaded leaving the modern shorter
> leaders as they are?  I realize that loading LTMs can be a challenge (I
had
> a IIIc in the late 60s), but wonder if cutting back the leader really
makes
> much of a difference.  Any advice would be appreciated.  
> 
> Still not sure why I wanted a IIIf when I have an M3, but it certainly is
a
> neat camera.  
> 
> Steve
> 
>