Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:07 PM 3/30/99 +0000, you wrote: > Except for the challenge to my >dexterity everytime I load the M6, and for the supposedly stronger >construction of the M body (as contributed by the baseplate design), I find >the leica M film loading design terribly archaic. As many people see to have a problem with this, it's obvious that they just futz with it too much. You stick the film in, close the flap, put the bottom on and start winding. Don't worry about it. It seems to be in inverse proportion to the likelihood they someone gets it right. The more they futz, the less likely it gets loaded right. You don't have to set the film, make sure it's on the sprockets, or anything like that. Just make sure you get the film in the take-up spool like in the picture on the bottom of the camera (with the bottom off, actually) not too far into it, and not too short. Takes about 1/2 second to check. Sometimes you might have to stop to shorten the film a bit because you got it too long before putting it in, but with some practice, it's just as fast, or faster, and more reliable than any manually loaded SLR. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Give me ambiguity or give me something else.