[rollei_list] Re: LTM and Contax RF Film Requirements
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:37:24 -0700
Marc,
I remember that before the war (WW2 for kids like you) most
35mm film came with either "leica" or "contax" leaders.
There were even paper leaders on 35mm 'rolls' meant for
insertion into Leica or Contax cassettes.
Jerry
Marc James Small wrote:
> At 02:13 PM 4/21/06 -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> >Commercial loads come with the leader cut for Leica
> >and other cameras. The first Contax required a centered
> >tongue but I don't think the II and later versions did.
> > While Leitz made a nice jig for cutting the tongue its
> >really only necessary to cut a straight sided tapered
> >section about three frames long. The purpose is to clear the
> >sprocket that works the film metering.
>
> Hmm. Richard, no commercial film has been produced with a long leader
> since around 1983, and most manufacturers starting turning to a short
> leader decades earlier. The Leitz and Contax film-cutting guides were for
> bulk loads, of course: when you buy film in 30m or 100 foot rolls or the
> like, then you may well need a template. These were nnot originally
> intended for use on packaged short rolls of 36 exposures or so.
>
> I haven't a clue as to your comment on the Contax I. Mine is a Version 7,
> a very late one, and it does not require any sort of "centered tongue" but
> it is possible that earlier ones did. I do not recall that my Prewar Zeiss
> Ikon cassettes require such but these are packed up for the move and are
> not readily at hand for checking, and you might well be correct. I just do
> not recall that this was the case.,
>
> The long Leitz leader was required, according the Leitz factory, to avoid
> film chips getting into the guts of the Leica shutter. While Tom
> Abrahamson vehemently denies that he has ever found this to be a problem,
> other repair dudes dissent and feel that trimming the leader leads to
> shutterr longevity. Me? I trim the leader and do so in a matter of
> seconds, thanks to Wenger or Victorinox, as the knife at hand might be.
>
> Marc
>
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