Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Odd. I've been out shooting velvia the last few days, and it's 20 degrees Fahrenheit here, too (Baltimore). Never had any of it break on me. Same effect on the fingers, though. :) Dan > Yesterday evening I was outside with my M6 on a tripod. It was about 20 > degrees F. When I finished the first roll and started to load the next > the end of the leader snapped off when I tried to wind on. So I pulled > out the film and tried again. Same result! Finally had to go back to the > car and use tweezers to get the shreds of film out of the camera, recut > the leader and finally on the third try it loaded and wound on without > breaking. The Velvia film that broke had been in an outside pocket of my > raincoat for about one hour. It should not have been all that cold since > it was near my body. > > I know some of the Canadian luggers have been sticking their tongues to > their cameras in outdoor testing so maybe one of these northern brothers > or sisters could explain to this southerner what's going on? Should I > warm the leader before loading? Or? > > btw: > The camera worked fine, meter and all. > My fingers gave out first - couldn't feel a thing. > > Henry Ambrose