Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>The older cameras are better as they have a pronounced curve on the film >gate edge. I have never had problems loading my M2 or my M4-2s; never >had to flip down the back. When loading my M6TTL, I have to flip open >the back and make sure it has slipped past or it will jam every time. I >find it helps to load the film cartridge in first so that the film goes >across the gate at an angle. >[snip] >John Collier Back to B.D.'s favorite subject I see... Now, as for TTL loading... wait a minute, that doesn't sound right. Some smart a** is going to accuse me of trying to load the film through the lens... As I was saying, as for loading a TTL, no problem, unlike what John has reported above. I just drop in the film, see to it that a bit of the leader is in the take up spool, then I make sure that the sprocket teeth are engaging the perforations on the film and that's that. I've never had a misload. BTW, I've been using a Rapidwinder for about a month now, sans tulip. Never had a misload there either. If you've made sure that the film perforations are engaged by the sprocket teeth no tulip is necessary, as some [including Tom A. who made the thing] have said. Guy - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html