I took my 1953Leica iiif RD and Summicron 50/2 out of the display case to exercise the shutter, as I do from time to time. Then I thought, hell, I can do better. Dug down to the bottom of the deep freeze in the basement and found a roll of TMY 400. Tri-X would be more appropriate of course, but there was none to be found. Lots of MF film and one roll of Ektagraphic 35mm, but that's another story. Anyway, I trimmed the leader of that TMY roll back about 6 inches, as required for Barnack Leicas. Had to study the take up spool for a minute to remember how the film is inserted, but I figured it out and loaded the camera. It wound fine, so I shot a pic of Grace sitting on the fireplace. Exposure estimated of course. She asked to see it immediately:-). Film predates her.
Perhaps I'll finish the roll tomorrow. Or not. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
