Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Roger L. Bunting" wrote: > > I just bought a new M6 and the seller asked me to call when it arrived > and he would walk me through the film loading. Now I thought that seemed > pretty silly, but called anyway. Boy was I supprised. Since all this > happened this week I thought I'd write it down before I forgot it. This > is going to sound very elementary but I'm trying to paraphrase as > closely as possible. > > 0) empty the camera of the previous film if necessary ><snip> > 14) enjoy .... just so we didn't have to end with 13. > > All of this is just to ensure that the take up sprockets are engaged, > the film is correctly positioned between the rails and everything is > tensioned properly so the film doesn't flex and disengage the takeup > when you close the doors. Watching the rewind lever move on the initial > advance is just old hat. > > Anyway, FWIW.... > > Regards, > > Roger ><snip> I was just wondering about the thought of investing in a company that would make a camera that would be that hard to load!? If you get tired of the 13 step plan get your hands on the little white book that comes with a new camera and just follow that possibly 3 step procedure which for me and many of us works fine. Mark Rabiner