Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene It's just a short drive from Brisbane, but I'd be hard pressed to call it a beach where the photos were taken. Pretty spot though. Jerry grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > Rob > > Nice series of pics. Sure wish I had that beach near hear - Nothing but > flat corn fields... > > As for the M6 rewind, My M6TTL rewind is tight and much as you describe > your M6. > > Gene > > > Rob Heyman > <rheyman@bigpond.net.au> To: "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: [Leica] Rewind handle and take-up spool + 2 more pics. > -alto.ca.us > > > 05/07/2003 02:44 AM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > I returned to a particular beach last week to photograph a family. I > have used this area before, but it is different every time. The day was > perfect for portraits and the results are at: > http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/folder-4608.html > > I have borrowed an M6 from a friend for a week or two while I send mine > off to be serviced next week, but it caused me some real anxiety last > Saturday. I was photographing a wedding with both cameras hanging around > my neck. My M6 with the short strap had the 35mm lens and his had the > 50mm with the long strap. Both with the same film type, NPH. I had > almost finished a roll on his camera when I noticed that the rewind > handle did not move when I wound the film on! Damn! Not loaded properly! > I was about to open the camera when I thought I had better check first. > When I wound the handle it stopped, so the leader must be attached to > the take-up spool. While watching the handle I fired off a shot and > wound on again....AND THE HANDLE MOVED!. Joy of joys! It appears that > his camera allows the film to unwind quite a bit in the cannister and > when I wound on the next time, the handle did not need to move to give > me a full frame. His camera winds on much more easily than mine and that > is what initially alerted me to a potential problem. I thought it felt > too loose to be winding film. Unfounded as it turns out, but worrisome > at the time. In comparison mine is quite tight, especially when > rewinding. As rewinding is almost complete, I quite often lose grip > because of this tension. This is the only time I have used another M6 > and as such this is the only time I have been able to make a comparison. > Which is correct, quite loose or reasonably tight? Should the rewind > handle spin quite freely during film advance or should there be just > enough tension to allow only a frame to unroll from the spool without > "running on" a bit like a roll of toilet paper? > And how do I verbalise what is little or a lot? > Rob > -- > __________________________________ > Rob Heyman Photography > 32 Binyara Street > CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > __________________________________ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html