sfb_dot_com
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The case on my III seems to have a little slip in pocket at the back with some sort of stiffener in the middle. Just wondered what it is for?
Sorry if the world and his/her dog knows the answer to this, but i don't:bang:
Regards & Happy Christmas/Seasonal Good Cheer to all
Andy
Sorry if the world and his/her dog knows the answer to this, but i don't:bang:
Regards & Happy Christmas/Seasonal Good Cheer to all
Andy
srtiwari
Daktari
Not only the dogs, but often their owners don't know the answer either. But here it is- it should have a little flat plastic card, about the size of a credit card. It is to help align the film while loading. I've never used it, ut I guess you lip and hold it behind the curtain while you slide the film above...or something like that. Like I said, don't know anyone who needs/uses it !
Hope this helps.
Subhash
Hope this helps.
Subhash
wolves3012
Veteran
The "card method" of loading film in Barnacks and their clones is an excellent way to ruin the pressure-plate springs, whether you use a credit card or this plastic card (as sitemistic says, it's for exposure notes, in pencil). The long-leader method was established for a perfectly good reason: it works, it's quick and easy and it doesn't damage the camera. It just requires a few moments to trim the film. Practice...it's not difficult!
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Phew!, well that's that then. I can't actually remove the piece of card so wasn't about to damage the innards of my III with it in any case, and I'm using a little notebook to write down exposure details (allegedly) I seem to be managing the long leader method of loading the film alright, although I did have roll of ERA shear off when rewinding, fortunately right at the end. I just need a small pair of scissors for that tho'. I've just developed said roll and the results from the Summar are 'pleasing' in sort of an old fashioned way. I do need a hood to cut down on the flare outside, but indoors it's good. Still waiting for the 35mm 2.5 Skopar for some bite in daylight.
Thanks to all for the help.
Andy
Thanks to all for the help.
Andy
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
Is the pocket made to store a condom?
payasam
a.k.a. Mukul Dube
Leitz lenses left the factory sterile: no condoms needed.
I understand that the thin plastic cards -- which cannot be written on -- were indeed for loading. They even had a five-letter code name which I forgot to write down and therefore cannot remember. I got one in the case of the IIIc I had.
I understand that the thin plastic cards -- which cannot be written on -- were indeed for loading. They even had a five-letter code name which I forgot to write down and therefore cannot remember. I got one in the case of the IIIc I had.
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Luddite Frank
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I found such a celluloid (?) card (blank) in an early III case that I re-stitched (%$#&^%^&#@#^&%*^!!!!) over the holiday weekend. It's a bit brittle.
A fellow collector suggested it was a note-card, to be written on with "grease-pencil" (seems rather blunt & fat to use on such a small card)...
I wonder if a #2 or #1 pencil would write on such a card ?
At first I wondered it was a Leitz=supplied "threading aid" for the bottom-loader; but none of my editions of Morgan & Lesters' "Leica Manual" mention its use (or the playing-card substitute).
My Dad's Nikon S has a similar case pocket, that contains a celluloid Nippon-Kogaku Depth-of-Field card for the 50 mm lens.
The pocket in my Leica "D" case has a very yellowed and crumbling piece of index card in it.
Luddite Frank
A fellow collector suggested it was a note-card, to be written on with "grease-pencil" (seems rather blunt & fat to use on such a small card)...
I wonder if a #2 or #1 pencil would write on such a card ?
At first I wondered it was a Leitz=supplied "threading aid" for the bottom-loader; but none of my editions of Morgan & Lesters' "Leica Manual" mention its use (or the playing-card substitute).
My Dad's Nikon S has a similar case pocket, that contains a celluloid Nippon-Kogaku Depth-of-Field card for the 50 mm lens.
The pocket in my Leica "D" case has a very yellowed and crumbling piece of index card in it.
Luddite Frank
mike goldberg
The Peaceful Pacific
Hi All,
I may be straying off the subject a bit. Amidst the holiday spirit, allow me...
With a few practice tries on an old roll of film, preparing the film leader for a Leica III is amazingly easy:
1. With the film cannister to my Left, I draw out about 5 inches of film.
2. Measure 4 inches from the tip of the film leader [shiny side up], and make a mark at the 4 inch point. <----
3. Cut the film leader free hand, with a good quality small scissors, as it shows in the diagram when the bottom plate is removed.
4. Attach the film to the take up spool, and ease it in... making sure there are no kinks, and it slides up all the way, with the film cannister and take up spool, properly seated.
5. Advance the film one frame with the winding knob, and take up any slack with the rewind knob.
6. Set shutter on 1/25 [or 'B' if you must]... fire shutter and check that all is well with the film, with the lens having been removed.
7. Replace lens, choose a higher shutter speed, and set frame counter to just before the zero mark.
8. Your III is now properly loaded.
9. Advance film/cock shutter twice to get clean, unexposed film in position. It's a good idea to check slack tightnes again, via the rewind knob.
10. Shoot and have a good time ;~) Every now and then when you wind on, glance at the rewind knob to see if it is turning.
NOTE: Tho' the above steps may appear tedious, with practice, the whole procedure is 2-3 minutes. Further, eB@y seller lakesuwa sells low cost copies of the Leica Ablon template for film trimming.
Happy holidays to all,
Mike
I may be straying off the subject a bit. Amidst the holiday spirit, allow me...
With a few practice tries on an old roll of film, preparing the film leader for a Leica III is amazingly easy:
1. With the film cannister to my Left, I draw out about 5 inches of film.
2. Measure 4 inches from the tip of the film leader [shiny side up], and make a mark at the 4 inch point. <----
3. Cut the film leader free hand, with a good quality small scissors, as it shows in the diagram when the bottom plate is removed.
4. Attach the film to the take up spool, and ease it in... making sure there are no kinks, and it slides up all the way, with the film cannister and take up spool, properly seated.
5. Advance the film one frame with the winding knob, and take up any slack with the rewind knob.
6. Set shutter on 1/25 [or 'B' if you must]... fire shutter and check that all is well with the film, with the lens having been removed.
7. Replace lens, choose a higher shutter speed, and set frame counter to just before the zero mark.
8. Your III is now properly loaded.
9. Advance film/cock shutter twice to get clean, unexposed film in position. It's a good idea to check slack tightnes again, via the rewind knob.
10. Shoot and have a good time ;~) Every now and then when you wind on, glance at the rewind knob to see if it is turning.
NOTE: Tho' the above steps may appear tedious, with practice, the whole procedure is 2-3 minutes. Further, eB@y seller lakesuwa sells low cost copies of the Leica Ablon template for film trimming.
Happy holidays to all,
Mike
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