Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 4/15/02 12:48 PM, "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > How is the leader going to be taken up if you haven't wound the film at all? The tulip grabs the film because the basket forces the petals closed. You don't need to wind at all. In fact, trying to wind with the bottom open is the commonest cause of jams. It's natural to want to see the film start to be taken up, as you do on a manual load SLR, but it's a recipe for disaster. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html