[Leica] Re: Leica Film Cassettes; can use which in what??

[Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>]

You have cassettes for the M, ( the ones for LTM have a black knob) which
will also work in LTM cameras (the LTM ones won't work in M bodies, they
are a tiny bit longer.) I have had occasional advance problems using the M
type in LTM leicas (overlapping frames) but I'm not sure they are the cause.

I've never tried them in Leica copy bodies.

Baseplates with the proper hardware are available new from Leica, but quite
pricey.

Ken Wilcox



At 2:39 -0400 12/29/99, a fine scholar, Bob Keene/Karen Shehade wrote:

>Hi group-
>
>ok, I may not be the brightest bulb in the tree- but I think this is a
>topic that lots of folks get confused on:
>
>I have some Leica film cassettes-
>
>all have a silver 'nub' sticking out of the top, if I put the 'nub' at the
>12 O'clock position at 8 O'clock is a golden "Z". On the bottom of the
>cassettes is:
>"Ernst Leitz GmbH Wetzlar"
>and under that:
>"Germany"
>Are these used in Leica Thread Mount or 'M' camera's?
>Can they be used in, say, a Canon 7 screwmount or a Nicca/Tower screwmount
>(specifically a Tower 5L)? or are these JUST for 'M' bodies?
>
>I ask because I tried to use one in my Nicca and have had some advance
>problems- since I just recently had the camera overhauled, and it's new to
>me- I don't know if it's an advance problem caused by the cassette or if
>it's the assembly, which had been rebuilt- I also realize if they are for
>'M' bodies then I need an older baseplate (my M6 Classic doesn't have the
>'release notch'...)
>
>sigh...
>
>too much to learn/rmember/figure out.... help!
>
>regards,
>
>happy y2k to all!
>
>Bob Keene


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