Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/08

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M3 -- all or nothing
From: summicron at bellsouth.net (Frank F. Farmer)
Date: Mon Aug 8 22:57:55 2005
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I've always wondered this:  I only advance the counter to "0" instead 
of "1."  Of course, I also watch the film rewind crank to make sure it 
is turning.  I seem to get and extra shot on each roll because of this. 
  Is there any reason to actually burn that first shot?

Frank Farmer
Jackson, Miss.

On Aug 8, 2005, at 6:48 PM, feli wrote:

>
> On Aug 8, 2005, at 4:43 PM, jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote:
>
>> "A good reminder to watch the film advance on the first few frames on 
>> the rewind lever."
>>
>> Been there, done that more times than I care to remember....
>
> I haven't managed that one, yet, because I am quite fanatical about 
> making sure
> the rewind know turns, when I advance to frame one. But then again I 
> haven't been shooting
> M cameras for 25 years, so I still have plenty of time to shoot myself 
> in the foot...;-)
>
> Instead I went through a period, where I would be in a hurry and would 
> remove the
> base plate, BEFORE rewinding the film. Doh! Did that on three 
> occasions. A painful
> lesson.
>
> feli
>
>
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Replies: Reply from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Leica M3 -- all or nothing)
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