Shirley-Wellard & Leica M series

helios1014

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I am thinking of upgrading to a Leica M series camera and wanted to know how compatible these Cassettes might be--I heard they work with some M series cameras but not others. Does anyone happen to have an answer to my question?
 

House

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I have never seen one of these in person, but if I understand the design correctly they are not compatible with any M series camera as they are designed to be opened by cameras with a pull-up rewind mechanism as in most manual rewind SLRs.
 

Mainecoonmaniac

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They're useful if you want to bulk load your film. You can open the light trap by using the film rewind knob. They're a well machined piece of equipment. I got mine from a garage sale in a box full of photo accessories. I think they're made in England.
 

benjiboy

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They were made in Shirley a district of Birmingham U.K by a small engineering company.
 
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