Leica MP - How To Load Film Quickly

[ckha]

You are one of the very few people in Youtube who knows how to load film for Leica M in a correct way

[deadkrusty]

I don't wanna have children, I want a Leica!

[colepipes]

In this case less is more. The images alone of this camera are worth watching the video. . After watching this I have been rethinking buying a black paint MP. Thank you for posting this video !!

[PeteBoyd]

For a tutorial on loading film, it would have been useful to angle the view so that we could see inside the camera where the film was inserted into the take up spool.

[BrandonHinsley]

Hey thanks for the video! Wondering why you lift and spin the rewind knob before advancing?

[MrAdrianWhatever]

Probably the best mechanical camera ever made

[timickan]

@broadcastsfromearth

0:32 seconds bottom right of frame, just make sure that wheel is spinning when you advance frame and you're all good.

[timickan]

@zorro2040 I'm fairly certain that I used the Panasonic 1.7/20mm - fantastic lens. It may have been the Oly 2.8/17mm, which is also a great lens, but just too slow for my liking.

[Panster]

I love that the vid is also in B&W.

[timickan]

@FeelTheJon Thanks for the kind remarks.

[scottybee]

HA... Bob the Builder theme song in the background... He's a proud father as well

[timickan]

@peteb0yd

point noted, but do check out my other Leica video, where it is a little clearer on how the film is loaded.

[timickan]

@FeelTheJon

I shot this on an Olympus EP-2 in video mode set to black and white. I simply uploaded as it came from camera.

[timickan]

it's a must, otherwise your film will be underexposed

[lazylu]

I prefer to rewind the film in the canister before inserting it in the camera rather than using the winding button to tighten it. For the rest, nothing to say: that's the correct way

[timickan]

@javier1000

film is as useful as ever, it's just that companies like Nikon and Canon can make more money from digital, so that's what they push. Film is still superior to digital in a lot of situations, and I still use film for my business, alongside of digital.

[andrewportillo]

I thought after dropping the film in and closing bottom you were suppose to rewind the crank? And then fire two shots.

[antoineveling]

OK. Now can you show me how you do this standing in the street with no desktop to help please? I change film on my Nikkormat this way.

[timickan]

@MegaAfroGuy

Hey man, what ever does it for you! But if a lens could give a boner, then the 75mm 'lux would surely be it. It is the best lens I've ever owned/used by a long way.

[tubewatcher]

All I saw was someone loading film into a camera with no explanation or anything. How is this helpful?