Re: [Leica] IIIg, To Trim or Not To Trim?

[Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>]

Where do these chips get broken?  At the left (before the shutter) of the
camera,
or the right (at the winder/shutter release knob) takeup spool part?

I've never trimmed the film, but I've used the "open the shutter to B,
stick finger into camera and "help" the film into its groove" method
many times.

This breakage of film chips worries me.

Thanks
Vick

Roland Smith wrote:

> I have owned a IIIg since 1957 when I purchased it new.  Shortly after its
> purchase, I tried some Ansco film and found it would not load and advance
> through the camera.  To make matters worse, little film chips were broken
> loose.
>
> The Leica dealer in Eagle Rock showed me the leader trimming required and
> sold me a Leitz template which I used most of the time, although I quickly
> learned to trim the leader without it.
>
> I am a strong advocate for properly trimming the leader for any LTM cameras.
>
> Best regards,
> Roland Smith
> roland@dnai.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim" <licquia@mindspring.com>
> To: "Leica-Users@Mejac. Palo-Alto. Ca. Us"
> <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 4:20 PM
> Subject: [Leica] IIIg, To Trim or Not To Trim?
>
> > I have just returned from London where I acquired a beautiful IIIg from
> > Andrew at The Classic Camera in Pied Bull Yard off Bury street. It also
> has
> > the instruction book but nowhere in the booklet does it suggest that you
> > need to trim the film leader as is the case with older LTM camera bodies.
> I
> > would be interested in others' experience in this regard. Thanks.
> >
> > Jim Licquia
> > River Forest, IL
> >
> >