[Leica] Trying to open the back on my m6

[gwpics at aol.com (Gerry Walden)]

If its any consolation I felt a right idiot when I couldn't rewind the 
film and had to go into the darkroom to get it out. I then remembered 
the little rewind lever on the front - duhh!

Gerry

Kyle Cassidy wrote:

 > So, the other day, I'm cleaning up some camera stuff off of tables and
 > whatnot and under a pile of papers, there's my m6. "wow" I think, "I love
 > this camera. Maybe I'll put some film in it". So I yank up on the rewind
 > knob and the back doesn't pop open. I yank upwards on the rewind knob
 > again,
 > and the back doesn't open. I scratch my head, look along the side to
 > see if
 > there's a lever I've forgotten about that makes the back pop open.
 > Then, I
 > notice that there's no hinge on the other side for the back to even pop
 > open. "wtf", I think, "I must have gotten the back open before,
 > because I've
 > taken pictures with it."
 >
 > It was a few minutes before I remembered to look on the bottom of the
 > camera.
 >
 > Sheesh. At least I wasn't trying to ram a CF card into it....
 >
 > Kc
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