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Can I please get some advice / guidance on an issue. I recently bought an m4p 1 week ago. The first roll was a brand bought caninister and loaded using the quick loading technique (guide end into tulip, put bottom plate on and good to go). The second roll was a home bulk load affair. I think I didnt have a clean cut on the end of the roll, so when I loaded into the tulip, it has 'snagged' on the spring in the centre. I had to take the roll out as after taking 2 shots I noticed that the film wasnt feeding correctly. The problem was that as i pulled the film out of the m4p, is stretched the spring. So now that I am trying to load film, the spring doesnt allow the film to sit in the tulip and load onto the sprockets. (see bottom left hand corner of photo 1. Photo 2 shows that if a lend the end of the film to sit outisde of the tulip, the film loads, so no faults with the sporkets or loading mechanism Photos 3 shows a work around where i cut away half the width of the end of the roll, so it feeds into the tulip above the spring, whilst this does work, its not a long term solution. Does anyone have any ideas how to re-set the spring?? looking down inside the centre coloumn of the tulip, I can see a screw, but Im loathed to start exploring a fix. I have googled Leica M4p repair manual, but havent found anything. Any advice would be kindly received.
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Hi, Always on loading film in my M6 and try to put the one end of the film in the tulip shaped spool it seems like the film can’t get inside to the pool. Like there is no space for the film to get inside. Finally I always managed to insert it, but all the time not easy as it looks on the movies in youtube. is it possible the three leafs of the tulip to got closer each other and this is why I can’t insert (put down) the film inside easily? Did you have same experience?
