RE: Leica - starter camera

What keeps me from using the M3 much is really not the hassle of
loading. I'm left-eyed, and viewing through the rangefinder causes the
very hard metal film advance to gouge my eyeglasses. After ruining two
pair, I just stopped using the M3.

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



-----Original Message-----
From: leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dave Saalsaa
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 10:15 AM
To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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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