Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Cassette in an MP?
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Wed Nov 30 19:29:13 2005
References: <001001c5f621$0c391b70$6a66fea9@corp.nortel.com>
 
How about maybe?

You would at least have to change the baseplate to an older one with  
the mech to open the cassette as you close the base. The M7 won't  
accept the older baseplate but I think the MP still uses the M6  
design which will accept the old baseplate.

John Collier

On 30-Nov-05, at 7:43 PM, Vick Ko wrote:

> I believe the answer is no, the new baseplates do not have the  
> necessary
> protrusion in the lock/unlock round part to open or close the  
> cassette.
> If you have the new baseplate from the MP, compare it to an older
> baseplate and you can see the difference.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Meier
>
>
> Can the old brass Leica film cassettes be used in the new MP?
In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Leica Cassette in an MP?)