Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know that this is going to sound snitty, but these loading "problems" do seem to vanish if one actually uses the cameras with any regularity. I can count the number of rolls botched over the course of nearly thirty years of SM and M use on the fingers of one hand, and those have invariably been caused by my error. As to botched *shots*--that's an entirely different matter . . . CHandos At 04:49 PM 12/13/2000 -0500, you wrote: ><<snip>> > > > > I also do a LOT of street shooting and have never had a problem loading an > > M3. (But, then, some folks on the Rollei List complain about loading a > > Rolleiflex TLR while walking, and I don't have a problem with that, > either.) > > > > Marc > > > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > >I agree, the loading for M2's and M3's is not that bad once you get the >routine down. This fall I have been working on a project for NFL Films >shooting NFL Films 16mm cameramen on the sidelines. I have used for each >game two M2's and a M3. Rapid shooting is the game here, so, shoot off the >three cameras, quickly reload all three, shoot, reload, shoot, reload....and >sometimes do it while running. Yes I suppose a rapid load would be good but >during the games I never even thought about it. > >Steve >Annapolis