Film plate on Leica M7

[cotdt]

Is it easy to lose the film loading thing on the Leica M7? Since you have to take it apart to load the film.

[John Koehrer]

It's the base of the camera 1.25 X 5.5" depends how careless you are.

[Pinholemaster]

I've never lost one. Take plate off, take out film, load film, and return plate to camera.

[Figital Revolution]

Changing film is a breeze on the M7...I've never lost the plate either!

[cotdt]

but what if you drop it and it falls into the sewer?

[Lee L]

Originally Posted by cotdt

but what if you drop it and it falls into the sewer?

Always change film in the M7 while standing over a pit toilet. The flow in a sewer will wash the base plate away, whereas you can dig it out of a pit toilet.

Lee

[Tamas]

I guess it is time to buy a new base plate... before Leica goes out of business

[donbga]

Originally Posted by cotdt

but what if you drop it and it falls into the sewer?

Well I guess you are SOL as they say.

[cotdt]

Originally Posted by Tamas

I guess it is time to buy a new base plate... before Leica goes out of business

really? is leica really going out of business? i thought they were going to become a digital P&S camera company.

[donbga]

Originally Posted by cotdt

really? is leica really going out of business? i thought they were going to become a digital P&S camera company.

Neither of these statements at are all accurate. They are not going out of business nor are they planing to make P&S digital cameras.