mojobebop Posted December 28, 2008 Share #1 Posted December 28, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I used to bulk load exclusively when using nikons. Back then the quality of film magazines was pretty dismal. Using an M6, I wish to start loading my own film once more. Does anyone know which type of film magazines are best, and where to acquire them? Thanks, richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Hi mojobebop, Take a look here Film magazines for bulk loading, m6. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
LeonardT Posted December 30, 2008 Share #2 Posted December 30, 2008 Hi, I used to bulk load exclusively when using nikons. Back then the quality of film magazines was pretty dismal. Using an M6, I wish to start loading my own film once more. Does anyone know which type of film magazines are best, and where to acquire them? Thanks, richard Hello Richard, B&H sells quite a few different reloadable cassettes in plastic, metal, DX coded or not coded. I don't like the plastic cassettes which require a quarter turn to lock the cap. I have had the caps come loose. I like the metal cassettes which are like the old kodak snap cap design before they started crimping on the caps. They don't come loose or leak light. Try some of the B&H cassettes. You can buy them as few as 5 in a pack at $.55 to $.75 for each cassette. Len Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted December 30, 2008 Share #3 Posted December 30, 2008 I've never had the opportunity to check this, but if you put a M4 baseplate on the M6 you could presumably use the old Leica M reloadable cassettes. Can anyone confirm this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J Posted December 30, 2008 Share #4 Posted December 30, 2008 Yes you could use the M reloadable cassettes in your M6 if you used the m4 baseplate.In fact early m6 cameras,like mine had the older baseplate which allowed this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted January 4, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 4, 2009 I tried the plastic ones from B&H. They quit feeding atter 12 exposures in screw mounts, M and R cameras. Threw them all away. Kalts work ok, the common metal ones. IXMOO brass reloadables are the Cadillac solution. Get an real ABLON template to trim the interior point, and a bench winder. Brass cassettes for the M are difficult to find. It took me 3 months to locate 20 of them. Then I went to a Chicago flea market and there were 20 on a table. I sent e-mails to all the dealers to advertise in the Leica Hostorical Society Catalog. Jim Lager had 10. Reid had a few, Sherry Krauter had 4. Tamarkin had a few. It was a tough fight for every one.. You just have to be lucky. Screw mount ones are easily found, but will not work in an M Camera. If you use them in a 111c, the film does not slip around making an image on the sprocket holes. M cassettes are shorter by 2 mm and work perfectly in a screw camera.. The reverse will NOT work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted January 6, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 6, 2009 By EFKE film and reuse the casettes. Just as good as the Kalt cartridges from B&H, I use both in my IIIf, M3 and M6. - Carl Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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