Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Welcome back Bob (Was: OT bandwidth wasters): Suffer Spool
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:17:57 -0800

At 3:47 PM -0700 12/21/99, John Collier wrote:
>Well, I cannot speak to the consensus of this list on anything (except for
>constitutional matters, gun control, birth control, Kaos vs Control, etc.);
>however, on my M2 it is a quantum leap faster with a quick load kit than
>with the separate spool.
>
>John Collier
>
>
>> In a message dated 12/21/99 2:55:06 PM, jbcollier@home.com writes:
>>
>>> When the M4 was released, Leica made a quick load kit available to update
>>> the "spool" cameras and they are available used for about $60US. I bought
>>> mine from Wall Street Camera. Unfortunately on the M3 you still have to
>>> lift
>>> the spool up (down?) to reset the film counter.
>>>
>And Bob enquired back:
>> I thought the consensus of this group was that the rapid load kit wasn't
>> worth the trouble?
>>
>> Bob

Quantums often come in very small sizes. That was my interpretation on the
quick load when I tried it on an M3. 'Course on an M2, without the 'auto'
counter reset, it might be a bit better.

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