[Leica] Quick load

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

No, that is not useful.

1) Put it on the body
2) Carefully remove it so that you don't cause rotation
3) Tighten it up as much as you can with a small screwdriver.

I used to have one in my M3 but took it back out. You have to pull out
the take-up spool anyway to reset the frame counter so it wasn't that
helpful. I still have one in my M2, but I'll probably be taking it out
as well. I missed a roll of film once (forgot to check the rewind knob
as I was advancing the first few frames). That doesn't happen with the
original way of loading film in M2's and M3's. I suppose it _could_
happen, but you'd have to be very unlucky.

But that only happened once.

Daniel

On 9/15/05, Lew <lew@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> It's lose enough to be rotated slightly. Does this serve any purpose?
> -Lew
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Quick load
> 
> 
> > If it's screwed on to the baseplate, just leave it there. It holds,
> > pushes, the film into place when you put the baseplate on.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > On 9/15/05, Lew <lew@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >> I notice that my M3 has the quick load device installed, but I've no 
> >> idea
> >> whether or not there's anything special to do with the lever thingy
> >> attached
> >> to the baseplate. So far, I've just been ignoring it without problem.
> >> What
> >> am I actually supposed to do with it?
> >> -Lew
> >>
> >>
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