Leica M6 missing part and one another question.

[apisit]

Hi,
My name is Apisit. This is my first post here. 🙂

I just bought Leica m6 and while I was playing around with it. I accidentally lost this screw somewhere.

right now, I took one screw from my unused eyeglasses and it appears to be the same thread just to hold the lever to the body.

does anyone know where can I find it? I live in San Francisco.

another question,
I was just done with my first roll. It has 24 exposures.
when the frame counter shows 24th frame It doesn't seem to stop me from shooting more and I tried to shoot couple more shots and frame counters still counting but I decided to rewind it.

so my question are , Is this normal? or when do I know that It's the last frame?


Plus my M6 with Carl Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2.8 ZM.

Thank you. 🙂

 

[Finglas]

Can't help with the small screw - but the never ending film is something of a right of passage with M cameras. You load a film, 24 or 36 and the frame counter stops - but the film advance keeps going and going. This happens mainly when the film is NOT loaded correctly and didn't engage the sprockets. The trick is to watch the rewind crank as you advance the film and notice it the rewind crank (some have an arrow on it) turns the opposite way - then you know the film is advancing properly. If the arrow does not turn, stop, and reload the film again.

 

[Blind_spark]

Welcome to the Forum, Apisit!

You may wish to send Don Goldberg an e-mail to see if he has what you're looking for. He's saved my butt a couple of times when this or that screw rolls off the work bench.

http://www.dagcamera.com/

Someone else may have a more local-to-you suggestion =).


When you were rewinding did you feel like you were rewinding 24 exposures? As far as the film going past the number of exposures on your roll, it could be that you mis-loaded the film - especially if it goes more than five exposures past the number your were supposed to have. There is sometimes a little extra film depending on the manufacturer (I've shot 38-40 on 36 once or twice). When you get to the end of the film you won't be able to advance any further - if you try you may rip the film out of the cassette.

 

[ZeissFan]

That screw really acts as a cap that covers the real screw. I would try to find a replacement, but if I couldn't, I might find a similar size screw, paint it a flat black and then use a tiny amount of black silicone sealant to carefully fix it to the hole.

 

[Richard G]

Sometimes the M6 film counter breaks and is stuck at a few frames behind where it really is and rotates from there. Mine did this and the roll started at 36 exposures if I remember correctly. I had it fixed.

 

[gnuyork]

Ah...same thing happened to me, when I first got my M6. I loaded the film incorrectly.

Lesson learned.

 

[apisit]

Thank you.

just sent an email to Don Goldberg asking if he has one 🙂

I did feel the tension while rewinding it. I'll develop it tonight and see 🙂

 

[Dez]

I don't think you mentioned how far past 24 the frame counter went. You typically get a couple more shots on a roll. Although the M4 and later cameras are easier to load than the older Leica M's and worlds better that the screwmount cameras, it isn't rare to have the film not take up correctly as has been mentioned above. The drill I always follow is to tighten up the rewind as much as possible before closing the back, making sure the sprocket holes are engaged. Then after winding one blank exposure, wind the rewind up as far as it will go, then watch for the turning of the rewind knob while winding the second blank. It's easier than it sounds.

Cheers,
Dez

 

[kingqueenknave]

You can get a new screw from Leica or any of the well known repair people. It doesn't sound like there's anything wrong with your frame counter. Typically they count until you've run out of film, and that is when you know you've shot your last frame.

 

[Range-rover]

I might have one, I'll have to check.

Range

 

[apisit]

updated

just developed it and yes I loaded the film incorrectly 🙁

lesson learned.

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

Happens to us all. So many have done it that the Govt. have run out of the T shirts, otherwise they'd have sent you one when you joined the club.

Regards, David

 

[Richard G]

Just one misload ever with my M6, but missed a nice shot because of it. One film that was thinner and harder to tame took a bit of coaxing into the right position - can't remember which film now - but mostly just loading as per the manual works. Better to be decisive with the first couple of advances. I now disobey the manual like everyone else here and check sprocket engagement before closing the camera. I have had much more trouble with the M5. I never had a misload with the M2. I recently got a screw mount and can't see what the fuss is about there either.