Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea Eric.....I'm not the only one that dreads loading these things. I became paranoid when I shot an entire roll without the film being attached to the takeup spool. That was a year ago and I sinced learned to lift up the small handle on the rewind knob to make sure it moves when I advance the film. Pain in the butt! Thanks for your patience and sense of humor. How much film do you pull through the take up spool before you close the back? 15 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bob Bedwell << > There you go, futzing around with it. :-) > > Just lay it in there. That big round thing that pressed down on the takeup > spool takes care of all that junk. Leica put it there for a very good > reason. It works. Trust it. > > But I'm not sure what you mean by ubiquitous crimp near the film leader. > What do you mean by that? What crimp? I think she means when you extract the film leader from the cassette, there is a crease where the film has been folded as it sat in the plastic canister. I can't do this without a picture: --- / \ | xxx | | xxx | \ x / ---xxxxxxxxx ^ | CRIMP FORMS RIGHT HERE This is a view from on top, and the x's are the film. Because the way the part of the leader which sticks out is pressed against the wall of the plastic film canister, you get a crease. So when you pull the film out all the way to load the camera, it looks this: --- / \ | xxx | | xxx | \ x / ---xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx What ends up happening for me is that the crimp gets caught somewhere to the right of the shutter curtain, but well before the takeup spool. I usually must open the back of the M6 and help it along in there using my fingers. >>