Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene Using the zig-zag fold at the end of the leader should help. Jerry grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > I have had this problem when the film has a significant bend across the > film in the area of the leader. I have found that bending the leader in > the reverse direction to reduce the bend fixes this problem. I think it is > getting caught between the film rails and the back when this happens - Just > a guess as to the reason. > > Gene > > > "David D. Degner" > <leicanews@myrealbox.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: [Leica] @#$@$# Leica M6 > -alto.ca.us > > > 10/03/2003 02:20 PM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > The first time I thought I just loaded it wrong, the second time I kicked > myself for not watching the crank knob, the third time it just made me > sick. In shooting 6 36exp. rolls of film 3 of them didn't wind. The film > was placed in perfectly the film advance felt normal but the film just > didn't move (and the rewind crank doesn't move). After I open the back > glare at it's innards and close it (without touching the film) it will wind > perfectly. I haven't heard of this happening before. My film advance > feels and sounds normal and the film leader isn't slipping out of its tongs > but it just doesn't wind around the spool. > > David Degner > > -- > 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