Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> > >Absolutely not. These things are almost always found as "NOS". This was >one of the great Disasters of Leitz production, as the kit a) answered a >question no one had asked and b) didn't work worth a damn. Hence, no one >bought them. So, immense quantities of these appear from time to time as >camera stores clean out their basements (generally, when they are being >bought out by a chain ... ) > >I am an M3 freak but the rapid-load kit is just a simple loser. The nice >part about the conventional methodology of the M3 is that it is POSITIVE >loading. As with LTM cameras, if you keep to the basic M3 technology, you >KNOW the film is properly loaded. > >Back in the early 1960's, this kit was laughed at as the "Never-Load" Kit, >due to the high frequency of problems with it. > >Buy a Never-Load Kit on E-Bay. Put it on your shelf of Leica Incanabula. >Continue to load your M3 as the Gnomes of Wetzlar intended. It works. > >Marc > Sure the kit works. Have you ever used one? The rapidload kit is no more or less 'positive' than an M6 or the standard loading. (Hint - check that the rewind knob is spinning). Anyone who has problems with such a simple device must have a very short attention span. The simple fact is that I (and you certainly may have different experiences) can load an M3 nearly as fast as an M6 and I can do it while walking (not while crossing the road though - that's dangerous kids!). I've also never had a misload. If you think there are problems with the kit then detail the actual defects and I'll respond with my experiences. - -- Stephen Holloway http://www.deepturtle.com/steve/photos _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com