Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>In a message dated 97-11-30 03:54:35 EST, Bob wrote: ><< I had one of these things made by Leitz. It never worked. And a Leica > technician told it never worked. And he told me he threw them all out that > Leica had in NJ. I still have the one I bought; and it still doesn't work. > And it never will work. And at 04:17 PM 11/30/97 -0500, (God, these guys are quick!) Doc wrote: >I have one of these kits in each of my M2's and they >both work perfectly. I always make sure the film winds on a turn or so >before closing the camera up... If you just insert the leader in >the slot and close it up I've had my M6's fail to grab the film many times. My experience is the same as Doc's, not at all like Bob's: I have three of the quick-load spools, each in an M3, and each works perfectly. I've rarely, but occasionally, had to "reload" a roll that my M6 didn't initially grab -- but not with the M3 spools. The only drawback to the latter was already mentioned, one must remember to pull on the spool to reset the frame counter. So who at Leica said they don't work? I'm sure Walter Heun gave mine the wink of approval! Bill Barrett St. Louis barrettb@webster.edu (preferred address for personal mail) http://www.webster.edu/~barrettb