Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes Paul, it was a rapidwinder camera. Hmmm. On the next load (which I'll pull from the camera and take off to the lab right now) I was careful to force the film over the sprockets and wind back on the rewind lever. If that doesn't work,.... bmw - -----Original Message----- From: Paul and Paula Butzi <butzi@halcyon.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Weird Misloads... >At 01:59 AM 6/12/98 , Bryan Willman wrote: >>Harrison, >> >>First, I'll be *very* careful and watch >>for this being a problem in the camera. >>(Unlike your friend's Nikon, it is very >> economic to repair my M6s (:-)) >> >>Second, depending on which >>M6 it is, it's either 6 months old >>or was CLA's 6 months ago. >>(But that doesn't mean there isn't >> a failure in a drive unit, eh?) >> >>Finally, isn't having the image >>spill over onto the sprocket holes >>a sign of some sort of mistake >>on my part? > >I have an advantage over most of the members of the LUG, >having actually seen Bryan load film into his M6. > >Let me guess, Bryan. The misloaded roll(s) were exposed >using an M6's with an Abrahamsson rapidwinder. >(I'm near certain that I've misspelt Tom's surname. I apologize >in advance). > >I think the problem is that the film is not getting loaded >correctly, and is either failing to engage with the >sprocket drive properly, or is failing to engage it >at all. > >In fact, I think the problem (having watched Bryan >stuff film into his M6) is that the fact that the Rapidwinder >lacks the little basket that fits over the three pronged >takeup spool means that there's nothing to force >the film fully *down*. Note that if it doesn't get >pushed fully down (and down is defined as if >you load an M6 with the bottom of the camera UP) >the film won't seat between the film guides/rails, >and thus won't be running over the sprockets >properly. > >I note that the Rapidwinder has a screw that goes >into the takeup spool, as if you should unscrew the >little basket thing from the M6 baseplate, and put it >on the rapidwinder. Am I right? > >-Paul > >