Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1994/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>One thing to look for is the whether the camera is used with a winder. On >M4, M4-x and M6 (I don't know about other Ms) you can check if the fork on >the bottom of the film takeup spool is shiny and worn, which usually indicates >that a winder has been used and lots of frames have gone through it. >Personally, I would not by a well used camera from a pro. Fortunately, there were no winders for M5's. A few years ago, one of the photography magazines interviewed a noted professional photographer who traded in his entire set of equipment each year. The photographer claimed that high frequency vibration from airplanes loosens screws in the cameras causing them to malfunction. This type of hidden "damage" would be very difficult to assertain when purchasing a used camera.