How do you load your M3?

[cbretteville]

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Mine is a 1957 double stroke, serial number 8735xx.

- Carl

[StS]

Mine is a 1955 double stroke, s/n 737 8xx.

 

I'm born between 1136501 and 1164865, by the way

[Finnkare]

Mine is a 1955 double stroke, s/n 737 8xx.

 

I'm born between 1136501 and 1164865, by the way

 

I have a DS with s/n 784 2xx. Haven't tried with the factory cut films, but now you got me curious to try.

 

Feel free to put it in your signature, as well as all others reading this .

[Vieri]

As what seems to be the majority here so far, I also load my M2 & M3 the way it is designed to be loaded - and as others mentioned, I also put some tension in the film by turning the rewind handle until the film is properly tense. I also have one extra spool, which I bring along in case I'd ever be in a situation where I need to have a second film ready to go in the quickest possible time, or in case something happens to spool nr. 1. Never happened so far.

 

I also use an MP, which of course supposedly loads faster; well, indeed you save some seconds with the MP style loading system, and indeed you can do it with one hand easier than the Mx style review: but the advantage of the old system, and it's a big one for me, is in the "certainty of loading"so to speak: the removable spool makes really sure that the film is caught in the spool and therefore that it is loaded properly. The MP's system, especially if loaded in a hurry, as a higher risk of not properly loading the film than the older system.

[Rolo]

I used an M3 for weddings until 2 years ago and would always have a second loaded spool on-hand. It's the fastest way to change film in an M3, if that's what's needed. Faster than an MP, IMO, as the single application fixes the film in place.

 

I used the second spool only when time was of the essence and my second loaded MP body was running low. Otherwise, I'd re-load the camera spool to maintain the back-up.

 

Rolo