Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Jerald Rosenfeld <rosenfeld@mpdr0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 00:11 Subject: [Leica] M6 Film Catching > I am having a difficult time getting the film to > "catch" during the initial threading.I have wasted > a few rolls of film with out taking a picture. Hmm. I'm new to the M6, too, but I've been surprised at how reliable the hokey film-loading mechanism is. Two things I've noticed: (1) Often the film coming out of the cartridge will have a crink in it where the lips of the cartridge bent the film--you have to make sure that this crink is smooth enough to allow the film to seat properly in the film gate or the film won't advance--if you have trouble getting the base plate to slide back on, this is probably the problem; and (2) always watch the rewind knob to make sure it turns when you first advance the film. It should start to move on the very first advance of the film advance lever after closing the camera--if not, danger lurks ahead! The only times I've had the camera not load successfully have been due to the film crinking I described above. -- Anthony