[Leica] M3 help

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Dear Mr. Cassidy, clearly you have not used this fine Leica machine. It 
figures since you mentioned that NewIkon dSLR. Don't you know anything? 
German engineering are the best. To answer your question, remember that the 
Leica M3 was designed in the 1950s. In case you don't remember your history 
and got polluted by the "Intelligent Design" ideas, human being evolve. So 
in the 50s, most people have 3 hands! One to hold the body, one to hold the 
bottom plate (that's the thing on the other side of the top plate), and one 
to insert the film. It's not necessary to pre-cut the film as you 
suggested. But I think this is too much trouble for you though. You can use 
your camera phone to take pictures of your "goth" chicks. They should look 
just fine. May be it will even add some "atmosphere."

At 01:25 PM 11/14/2005, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

>My leica d100 started shocking me yesterday. Literally. ZAP!ZAP! So I sent
>it into the shop and borrowed a leica m3 rander-finger thingie off of the
>rental shelf. I scratched my head for five minutes and couldn't figure out
>how to get the chip in, when I realized it took film. Now I can't figure out
>how to get the back open. It drops in somewhere, right? The film, that is.
>I'm pulling up on the rewind crank but it seems stuck. There aren't any
>other buttons on the top that could possibly open up the door. I even hung
>it from an eye hook and used my body weight to yank on it, this is how you
>make the door on the back of the camera pop open isn't it? I can SEE a crack
>in the back where there's some sort of door that opens up, this must be
>where the film goes. Putting a thin screwdriver in there I'm able to get a
>TINY bit of play. I tapped it a few times with a rubber mallet and succeeded
>in getting maybe 4 or 5 mm of the screwdriver into the back of the camera,
>and if I pry VERY HARD it moves up a little, tiny bit. At this rate it's
>going to take me two days to get this film in here. What's with this camera?
>
>UPDATE: I managed to pop the door on the back of the camera open, it flaps
>around like a square door, hinged at the TOP and won't close properly now,
>but in any event, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THE FILM IN THERE. It's just a flat
>square in front of the shutter curtian, I can tell it's the shutter curtian,
>because I poked my finger through it.
>
>Q: ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO LOAD FILM INTO THIS CAMERA ONE FRAME AT A TIME? DOES
>THIS NEED TO BE DONE IN TOTAL DARKNESS?
>
>Q2: WHERE DO THE BATTERIES GO?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kyle
>
>
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