Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 6:51 PM -0700 3/11/02, John Collier wrote: >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. >> It's happened to me too at times, and loading without the basket can be quicker. You just have to try it and see what works. - -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html