Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know how Marc and Sherry feel. An expert just cannot get any respect in their hometown. Many times I have told my customers to do (or not to do) something and they have given me that laughing, knowing smile. I wish I could say they were as cheerful later on. I glad to hear that you have had the camera so long that you can disregard advice from people who have decades of experience and are trying to do you a favour! John Collier > From: "steve lehuray" <icommag@toad.net> > > Marc, > I appreciate the warning, which I have also gotten from Sherry Krauter and > she threatened me with charging me double to clean out the film chips when > the 111G jams up because I have not done the trimming thing. But the way > that I have been loading it has been so simple and trouble free I have had > no motive to try trimming the leader. BTW, I have two M's and several Nikons > but I really love using this LTM even with the dual eyepieces which is very > easy to adapt to. It's a jewel and I am glad I bought it a few months ago. > Steve > Annapolis > > ---------- >> From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Loading LTM >> Date: Thu, Mar 2, 2000, 2:10 PM >> > >> At 11:35 AM 3/2/2000 -0500, Skip Williams wrote: >>> I never cut my leaders, and I don't have any problem loading my IIIx >>> Leicas. It's just one more hassle and anal thing, as far as I'm >>> concerned. (and god knows, I have enough anal habits as it is!) >> >> Well, if you don't trim the leader, you run a fairly substantial risk of >> having a bit of the leader chip off on a gear and work its way into your >> camera's innards, requiring professional assistance to get it out again. >> >> Marc >> >> msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >>