Image is very close to bottom sprockets M6

[Frase]

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On 3/31/2015 at 2:14 PM, menos I M6 said:

Don't wind a M6/M7/MP/M-A, … when loading the film with the camera open.

 

Load like:

- open camera, remove old film and release shutter

- drop in ~halfway the film canister while still holding the film leader

- pull the film leader, leading the film through the film gate until the tip of the film leader almost touches the camera housing on the take up spool (tulip) side

- place the leader just through in the center of the tulip, as pictured on the print on the bottom housing of the open camera

- push the film canister all the way into it's proper position while using your thumb place the film properly in the correct position between the rails

- watch for anything misplaced and if all is fine simply close the camera

- wind on two frames and release the shutter (watch if the rewind shaft is turned by the dispensed film)

- use the film rewind knob/crank to tighten the film inside the camera

 

- if at this point you feel the film's left the take up spool and is pulling back into the canister go back to start and repeat (never happened to me with a Leica M)

 

 

This all sounds very complicated but in actual practice you simply open the camera, throw the film in, close the camera, wind on and shoot - no fuss, never re-load or fiddle again, no leader fiddling through slots, no precise positioning needed.

 

…*and don't you ever fold over the film leader in a quick load M.

 

The Leica M with quick load take up spool is the fastest film camera to load.

 

If followed properly there is absolutely nothing that can go wrong.

 

I would not worry if the image is not EXACTLY centered.

Greg, do you have a picture showing the amount of de-centering?

I always fold the end of my film on my M4, I think because the tulip is quite worn never had to on any other camera.

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[pico]

6 minutes ago, Frase said:

I always fold the end of my film on my M4, I think because the tulip is quite worn never had to on any other camera.

Tom Abrahamsson did the same for decades. I do, too.

How simple it can be (you tube)

[oldwino]

4 hours ago, pico said:

Tom Abrahamsson did the same for decades. I do, too.

How simple it can be (you tube)

Me three, if we’re counting.