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Subject: [OM] Re: Got it!
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:16:42 -0800
Congratulations.

Getting the film leader under the spring gets easier after a few  
rolls of film. Kodachrome used to be a little harder because its base  
was so thin and floppy compared with other films.

Try this for a manual:

http://www.forloren.dk/lbf/LeicaM6manual.htm



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA




On Feb 23, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:

> This Leica M6 makes my hands tingle. What a great piece! And I've  
> always contended that bokeh was mostly dependent on the number of  
> diaphragm blades in the lens, because the more the blades, the  
> rounder the hole, and the 50/1.4 Summilux has 12 blades, more than  
> any of my Zuikos. I'm warming up a roll of Provia 100 out of the  
> fridge for tomorrow.
>
> Now I need to find somewhere to download the manual. Anybody got a  
> good Leica website? I'm not incompetent, but I do have a couple of  
> things I'd like to know about it that aren't obvious.
>
> I'll post a picture of it in the next day or two. :-) KEH had it  
> graded as LN-. I can't find the minus. There's not a mark on it.  
> But those of us who buy from them know how conservatively they  
> grade stuff. No complaints.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
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