Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My bottom plate basket balks at the take up tulip at times. John Collier > From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> > >> I always found >> the plastic >> Roller a bother. It never slipped in over the "tulip" as you >> wanted, most of >> the time the spokes of it got stuck, or hit the tips of the >> "tulip" take up >> spool and required that you fiddled with it. > > Hi Tuulikki, > > I believe the above is an exaggeration. I've got probably 2000 rolls of > film on an M6 with the RapidWinder, and the basket, and I have not in one > instance ever had a problem as you describe. I've also never seen anyone on > this list complain of such a problem, and none of the camera review sites > that have reviews of the M6 claim this as a problem... I don't dispute it > was a problem for you, as you are relaying your personal experience, but I > don't believe it's much of an issue for others. > > As I've said, I have had misloads, as well as have read others have had > misloads, without the basket...and I've had NO misloads with it. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html