Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The subject should read : "Dumb and Dumber"... Leica users are not dumb. We are a resourceful lot in overcoming "dumb" designs that while "brilliant" 30 years ago, ought to have been improved by now. - --- Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com> wrote: > --On Monday, March 11, 2002 6:02 PM -0800 Jim Brick > <jim@brick.org> wrote: > > > At 08:11 PM 3/11/2002 -0500, Rolfe Tessem wrote: > > > >> Amazingly, the basket never seemed necessary with > the M2 or M3. Maybe > >> people just got dumber over the ensuing 20 years. > > > > > > Rolf. Ever look inside an M2 or M3? > > > > Pretty hard to use a basket with an M2 or M3. They > have a removable spool > > that you have to hook the film into which > guarantees that the film will > > align properly. > > > > Leica got rid of the removable spool (for obvious > reasons) and provided a > > way of loading film without the possibility of > dropping and losing a key > > part. Something that those "dumb" M2 and M3 owners > frequently did. > > > > The basket is simply a way of making loading > easier and faster. If you > > think it is for dummies, remove it and throw it > away. > > Jim, > > On reflection, my initial response may have been a > little intemperate, but > it was certainly not directed at you or anyone > personally. > > But yes, I've looked inside an M2 and M3 probably > thousands of times as > I've reloaded them. And the fact that you have > hooked the film into the > takeup spool and reinserted it into the body does > NOT insure that you've > reloaded them properly. You still have to use your > fingers and slide the > film up onto the sprockets and advance the film for > a partial stroke to be > sure that the takeup is working. > > If you have ever used an M2 or M3, all you have to > do when loading an M4 or > M6 is load them the same way. And if you have a > Rapidwinder, you won't need > the basket to help. > > The problem is that if you know what you are doing > and know enough to slide > the film up onto the sprockets, the basket actually > gets in the way. If it > is misaligned with the tulip, it can delay the > reloading while you get that > sorted out and move on. > > Maybe someone should publish a book: "Leica Baskets > for Dummies". > > -- > Rolfe Tessem > rolfe@ldp.com > Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html