Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rapid Load Kit
From: "Stephen Holloway" <hollowst@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:15:35 +0100

>From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
>
>At 10:36 AM 12/13/2000 +0100, Stephen Holloway wrote:
> >Sure the kit works. Have you ever used one?
>
>Of course, I have used one.  I forced myself to use one for six months
>before refitting the intended and original spool.
>
>My comments were not based on my experience alone.  Speak to the camera
>dealers of the era, to hear THEIR complaints about the kit and why very,
>very few of these kits were ever sold.  Leica also admitted this, and
>dropped the kit from their catalog as soon as the original production was
>exhausted.
>
>Check with most of the larger used Leica dealers in the US -- almost all of
>them have these Never-Loard Kits available, new-in-box.  Yet, it is a rare
>find to come across one which has actually been USED.  The word went out
>rapidly in the Leica community that the orignial system was preferable, and
>so Leica owners just voted with their pocketbooks and avoided the bloody
>things.
>

Well, we'll give rumours the credence they deserve (none) and address your 
experiences. I'll give my question again:

What specific defects in the kit (in your opinion) make it slower or less 
reliable than the original loading mechanism.

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Stephen Holloway
http://www.deepturtle.com/steve/photos
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