[Leica] Leica M3 -- all or nothing

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

I've mucked up so many times with so many cameras, that my eye 
"immediately" watches the rewind knob to see that its "spinning". Never 
happy till it does!!! If they ever take the knob away, I'm anxious viz 
the X-Pan :-(
On 09/08/2005, at 9:00 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

> After shooting with my Leica M3 for 25 years, I messed up. I didn't 
> notice,
> while loading film, that the base plate lock was in the closed 
> position, so I
> instinctively thought I was locking it to the camera. Actually the 
> baseplate
> was unlocked but held to the camera by the leather case I use. The 
> result is
> that the film didn't wind and I lost an assignment. It's all or 
> nothing with the
> M3. This has never happened to me before. And I paid a high price for 
> that
> oversight.
>
> Bob
>
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Alastair