haziz
Member
I am looking for instructions (or better yet a YouTube style video) on how to load film using the M2 Quickload Kit (fitted in my case on an M3). This is not the Rapidload 3 pronged tulip of M4 and later cameras but the kit that Leica sold as an aftermarket item for M2 cameras etc. Sorry but it seems even less intuitive than the dreaded take up spool of LTM fame.
Also is the Quickload take up spool completely removable? I thought it was fixed in the camera. I do know about the chrome core that you have to pull to reset the counter on an M3.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Hany.
Also is the Quickload take up spool completely removable? I thought it was fixed in the camera. I do know about the chrome core that you have to pull to reset the counter on an M3.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Hany.
haziz
Member
Anybody? This is proving such an unreliable pain that I wonder if it was a mistake.
Sincerely,
Hany.
Sincerely,
Hany.
Nugard
Elvis lives!..
haziz
Member
This uses the stock take out spool, not the quickload kit as best as I can tell.
Sincerely,
Hany.
Sparrow
Veteran
That "quick-load" is a wast of time if you're using commercial leaders, I find them slower and more difficult than the normal spool anyway, plus its easy to get the film trapped or torn when you're rewinding, or not have it take-up in the first place.
If you must use it you need to trim 4-5mm off the width of a commercial leader, as they are too deep for the slot as they are.
If you must use it you need to trim 4-5mm off the width of a commercial leader, as they are too deep for the slot as they are.
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Roger Hicks
Veteran
Yes, it's removable, and has to be pulled out part-way (not just the chrome core) to reset the counter on an M3.
The only difficult bit in loading is to decide which side the film leader should curl inside the spool. One way, it'll stick when you try to rewind. The other, it won't. The one where it doesn't stick is the one that gives the straightest path when rewinding.
Once you're used to them, they really are quicker and easier than the ordinary type. At least, I find them so.
Broadly: (a) stuff the film in, with the end curling one way or the other inside the spool, (b) wind on a litte bit, with the back door open, making sure the teeth on the sprocket engage with the sprocket holes, (c) close the door, put the bottom on (the bottom DOES have the ridge, I assume?), set the counter, start shooting.
You'll no doubt get others saying they hate these things; that they're no use; that they're slower than the original; etc. All I can say is that I've been using 'em cheerfully for 20 years in all my early Ms and prefer them to the ordinary variety. EDIT: You've already HAD this response. I use mine perfectly happily with standard leaders -- which is no surprise seeing they were designed for use with the old, long leader.
Cheers,
R.
The only difficult bit in loading is to decide which side the film leader should curl inside the spool. One way, it'll stick when you try to rewind. The other, it won't. The one where it doesn't stick is the one that gives the straightest path when rewinding.
Once you're used to them, they really are quicker and easier than the ordinary type. At least, I find them so.
Broadly: (a) stuff the film in, with the end curling one way or the other inside the spool, (b) wind on a litte bit, with the back door open, making sure the teeth on the sprocket engage with the sprocket holes, (c) close the door, put the bottom on (the bottom DOES have the ridge, I assume?), set the counter, start shooting.
You'll no doubt get others saying they hate these things; that they're no use; that they're slower than the original; etc. All I can say is that I've been using 'em cheerfully for 20 years in all my early Ms and prefer them to the ordinary variety. EDIT: You've already HAD this response. I use mine perfectly happily with standard leaders -- which is no surprise seeing they were designed for use with the old, long leader.
Cheers,
R.
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Sparrow
Veteran
This is the problem I had, the "foot" pushes the film into the slot and james it ... perhaps I didn't give it a chance, but the normal way seems so much better
like this
and when one rewinds ...
like this
and when one rewinds ...