Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Cassettes film loading template??
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 14:27:27 -0400

At 01:51 PM 5/9/99 -0400, Bob Keene, somebody's acquaintance on some days,
wrote:
>still trying to get the hang of loading Leica Cassettes....
>Anyone have a template for cutting the film to poke through the reel? One
>must cut the film into an fine point and I thought they made a template for
>this purpose??

You really don't need a template for this, Bob.  Just clip to film into a
triangle.  I generally do a sort of scooped cut, leaving about a
quarter-inch (6mm, Ted!) flat at the end.  Eyeball it.  It works fine.

Marc

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