Minor clarification: this is only true for 36exp rolls. When a 24exp is loaded it will be quite a while before you'll see it turning. That's why I simply tighten the roll prior to loading so it starts turning right away on the first advance.
I think you're missing my point.No-one needs to get to 38 to find it didn't load! Just like with pretty much any 35mm camera, look at the rewind knob. If the film is loaded correctly, it will turn when you advance the film.
With a 'modern' Leica after loading, the knob should turn by the second advance. The first advance takes up the slack in the film cassette.
I too used to sweat this because I listened to the internet, instead of actually reading what Leica says in the owner's manual!
I wonder how many of Tamarkin's customers have ripped the film out of the cassette, not realizing that they were done after having shot 34 exp, thinking that they had 36! Cuz the way he shows how to load the film definitely wasted a bunch of it.
Good tipAnother tip (I picked up from someone here last year, actually) is to fold the film tip, so there will be considerable resistance if you try to pull out of the "tulip". In addition to providing some extra insurance against incomplete loading, this also helps prevent rolling all film back into a cassette by accident when rewinding.
I think you're missing my point.
I KNOW how to check to see if the film isn't taking up after I close the door... The problem is, I don't want fiddle-fart around with the damned loading of the camera for 2 seconds longer than I need to. With my Contax, Nikon, Canon, Voightlander, and Pentax cameras, I don't need to even think about it. It just always works. Leica is a special little snowflake that for some reason decided that it would flout engineering conventions and go its own way... thereby forcing me to spend a couple seconds longer to load film. It isn't the end of the world. It's just a bit annoying.
... I have hard time believing a Leica lens that costs easily 10x this Chinese lens would be even as good, let alone much better.
It's shocking how consistently good the exposure is on this Leica. It really fits my process. I've had no bad exposures. None. This one is a perfect example of spot-on exposure:
It is tiny. I got one a few months ago and was surprised at how small it was. Great handling lens with equally great image quality.A V5 Summicron 50 is tiny. Love that.
I suppose if it weren't for the Ziess, TTArtisan... and other high quality lenses, Leica wouldn't sell any cameras. Would you buy a Leica camera body if you knew that your whole system (including lenses you needed) were going to cost you as much as your car... or more?
Leica - I came for the lenses and stayed for the bodies.Yes. Leica have been in existence since 1869. People bought them because of the Leica lenses. It is nice to have options though.
with bulk loading, you have to cut your own leader. If you didn't know your leader had to exactly match a factory leader, you would find that your Leica was no longer easy to load. wrt lenses, I can imagine a Leica lens being slightly better than my cheap Chinese lens but certainly not significantly better, let alone 10x better. That's just inconceivable. My Zeiss lens has been said by many reviewers to be better than its leica counterpart after having shot with both. So now I am comparing the Chinese lens to the Zeiss and as good as the Zeiss is, the TTArtisan is better. Which means it is also better than a Leica... at a small fraction of the price.
Also, the very inexpensive Chinese TTArtisan 50mm asph lens I used for this roll is as sharp and contrasty as my favorite Nikon (105mm 2.5) or any other lens I own. I have hard time believing a Leica lens that costs easily 10x this Chinese lens would be even as good, let alone much better.
I suppose if it weren't for the Ziess, TTArtisan... and other high quality lenses, Leica wouldn't sell any cameras. Would you buy a Leica camera body if you knew that your whole system (including lenses you needed) were going to cost you as much as your car... or more?
People have had options in M Mount lenses from other makers since the what... 1950's? Prolly before Leitz lens prices went insane.Yes. Leica have been in existence since 1869. People bought them because of the Leica lenses. It is nice to have options though.
People have had options in M Mount lenses from other makers since the what... 1950's? Prolly before Leitz lens prices went insane.
Yeah, I haven't posted here in years. My first life (as SchwinnParamount), I posted regularly for the last 15 years or so. What drives me to post now?
I am crazy with lust. My Leica M6 just arrived (Fed Ex... and the Mother Farter left the box sitting on my street mailbox instead of delivering it to my porch. It sat out there for a couple hours until my dear neighbor took it off the street and brought it to her house - and then called me to say she had my Fed Ex delivery). But I have no lens yet. I have a new Carl Zeiss 35mm M-mount on the way but won't be here until the end of January and a TTArtisan 50mm on backorder with B&H. So I have this lovely M6 and no way to make pictures, yet.
And since I've been away, I missed the re-introduction of Acros as Across II. One of the PhoTrio members did a scientific test on Acros and Acros II and reported that II is at least as good as Acros... but at double the cost. F it. I don't care. I loved Acros. So now I am going to get me some Acros II and hope that it arrives before these fancy lenses do.
Meanwhile, shoot. I can't do anything but fondle the M6.
Oh, and I am going to start selling my gently used Nikon gear. Lotsa bodes and lenses. Stay tuned.
I've been posting in the galleryAnywhere we can see your pictures? Equipment lust is all fun and games until your shots get 3 likes...
I've been posting in the gallery
And screw "3 likes" I don't give any kind of a care if you or anyone else likes/hates my stuff. I have a feeling you feel the same way about your stuff.
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