Re: Leica - starter camera

I have two M3s which I like very much. I have installed the Leica quick load system in them and although some people have problems with the quick loaders I find it works fine for me as long as I remember to pull out the center rod to reset the counter. I think all of the M's are great and I even like my M5 very much. But a properly tuned M3 is such a sweet, smooth piece of craftsmanship.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:57 AM
Subject: RE: Leica - starter camera


The M3 requires taking out the takeup spool and placing the film leaver
under a sheet of spring steel, then inserting both the film cassette and
spool simultaneously. Sonny Carter had a very humorous description of
this in an email, but that was in my pre-hard drive crash era.

The later models have a fixed take-up spool with slits in it. Much
easier to load.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




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