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<strong>Great shots Rene!!!</strong><br>

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Shakil and Glen,

Many thanks for the sample pics!!

I've actually handled this lens in the local camera shop - very compact. Yes, tiny Summaron is a bit twiddly but most of my shots are aperture priority so it should be ok. I was trying to find a decent pairing of lens/camera for my take-in-coat-pocket kit. I like the contrast of edges as seen in the picture below taken by Bill Liao. <br/><br/>Thanks all for your opinions. I might take the lenss for a spin and see how it goes. A freshly CLAed Summaron for $150USD. :-) <br>

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Hi folks,

I'm curious about the 35mm Summaron in thread mount. Seems like a very compact

lens. What do people think about this lens? (not sure how many versions there

are) and does it flare easy? I'm looking to maybe get one for purely B&W film ..

maybe a fine grain film. Any insights appreciated.

thanks

anhtu

Alan,

When I first asked around about loading - there was two camps about winding (slow/quick), I found out more me - a firm quick wind takes up the leader much better. The purpose of the tulip spool is to bend the leader and pull the film - so a slow wind has a chance of slippage of the leader.

Once you get the hang of it - it will be dead easy.

BTW: check your mail.

Once you get the hang of it Alan - you wont need to thread the leader through two holes - just one will do as long as the leader is long enough to touch the opposite side of the tulip spool.

I learned the hard way (2 lost rolls at the start). :-)

I'll try to track down a scan manual for you.

cheers

Hi Alan,

Alan - Leave the film aside - just fire the shutter and visual inpect the gears with the naked eye under strong lights to see if tiny bits of film are caught in the gears - unlike but not impossible. You can feel if the gears move smoothly or not.

As to initially winding quickly or not - you have less chance of slippage (of the film leader) as the tulip bulb has more torque to grab the film. By quick I mean reasonable - not blindly fast. :-) The danger is that if the gears are not catching properly - a quick strong wind can cut the film into small bits. And about making sure the leader enters and go out of two sockets - it just gives the spool more film surface area to grip.

Once you get the hang of this (about 10 rools) it will be quick and painless. :-)

good luck.

Hi Alan,

I'm trying to picture in my head your loading technique - First the spool of film has to be all the way in and you need to make sure the film sprockets line up with the film transport gears before you close the back. The leader has to go into the tulip slot and out a bit (5mm at least to make sure it catches). Also before you close the bottom plate - maybe trip the shutter and give it a quick wind and inspect to see if the leader has wrap itself around the tulip/takeup spool. It is important that you wind quickly so that the film does not drag too much against the rails.

When I first had the M6TTL, this was what I did - wasted one frame but made sure the film wound on properly. As you get more used to it - you can forget the trip shutter inspection step.

Given that there "might" be bits of flim clippings in the rail/gear transport - this might affect the film loading. Do a visual inspection under strong lights to verify it is film bits free.

Hope you work it out soon.

cheers

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