Good to bookmark, film loading

[madNbad]

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24 minutes ago, Huss said:

I wonder what the ratio is of correct vs incorrect tutorials are out there?

The video that started right after was seven minutes long and the “expert” wasted at least six frames. Apparently, a lot of these reviewers have no idea of what the little wheel on the baseplate is for.

[williamj]

Since we’re sharing videos this one is the best. If you can’t load an M4 onwards after this well I don’t know. No tensioning just slip it in and go.

 

Edited January 13, 2023 by williamj

[madNbad]

He’s kinda annoying and you don’t need to open the back but at least he’s doing it properly. Thanks for the video.

[Vlad Soare]

I don't even open the back. I just loosen it a tiny bit, just enough to let the film go all the way in without catching on the pressure plate. 
Also, most (maybe all?) videos show the camera lying upside down on a table, while the person uses both hands to load the film. That's not necessary. I can easily load the film with my right hand while holding the camera in my left. Of all the cameras I've ever used, this is the easiest and fastest to load, by a huge margin.

 

[madNbad]

I was just watching some videos from the early 1980s. One with Joel Meyerowitz, in New York with an M6 and  another with Garry Winogrand, in Venice, California using a M4. Simply the speed as they moved from one image to the next is incredible so I can’t imagine them spending much time loading the camera. There was one scene in the Winogrand clip where he has the baseplate in his shirt pocket and is opening a roll of film. It cuts away to a still image and when it comes back, he busy winding on the new roll. Leica designed the loading system to be fast, we just need to believe them.