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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Conventional M3 Loading
From: john <bosjohn@mediaone.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:27:32 -0400
References: <3.0.6.32.20001213155643.007bcb00@pop.roanoke.infi.net>

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 05:38 PM 12/13/2000 +0100, Stephen Holloway wrote:
> >Original loading:
> >
> >Flip the baseplate off, old film falls out, put in your pocket. Turn the
> >camera upside down in your left hand, hold the baseplate between 3rd and 4th
> >fingers pull the spool out, it's in your right hand - oops, you just ran out
> >of hands. Stop, put some stuff down and you know the rest.
> 
> Actually, what most folks do is to put the spool in the pocket together
> with the baseplate.  Let the camera hang down on the strap.  Remove the
> film cannister with one hand, the take-up spool with the other.  Connect
> them as Father Barnack intended.  Turn the camera upside down and insert
> the two film spools into the base of the camera.  Once this is in place,
> remove the base plate from the pocket and install it on the camera.
> 
> 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!
Having owned and used M3 cameras for many years I too can load the damn thing
while it is hanging around my neck.  It is a feat that a juggler would be
proud to include in his or her routine.  But I can and do do it.  I do,
however vastly prefer to load an M4 or higher, especially as I usually have so
many things in my pockets that I sometimes have a hard time finding the spool
or wayward baseplate.
John Shick

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