Loading A Film - Leica MP Manual

Loading a film

5. Take the film cartridge in the right hand and in-
sert it around halfway into the appropriate
chamber in the camera.
6. Take the film leader and, as shown in the sche-
matic diagram (32) inside the housing, insert it
into the take up spool (30).
7. Then carefully press the film cartridge and film
leader into the camera with the fingertips.
Notes:
As with any ready to use film, the leader must
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be trimmed.
If the leader is pulled out so far that it extends
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a little way out of one of the slits on the oppo-
site side of the take-up spool, this does not
interfere with the camera's function. It is only
in conditions of frost that the film has to be
loaded exactly as shown in the schematic dia-
gram, i.e. the leader may only be held by one
slit on the take-up spool, so that the protruding
end of the film cannot snap off.
Important: The advancing of the film should not
be checked with the camera open, as the bottom
cover is designed in such a way that replacing it on
the camera brings the film into the correct positi-
on.
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