Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Paul: I'm looking right at my Nikon F-5 and it seems to have a rewind crank on the upper right side?? Maybe you are referring to another F-5 of some kind? Regards, Bill Carson Paul Chefurka wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:10:22 -0400, Jonathan Borden > <jborden@mediaone.net> wrote: > > >> We won't go into why I > >> should have to reboot a commercial OS periodically - it's as > >> though I had to > >> take the film out of my M6 every once in a while and then reload > >> it to make > >> the meter start working again. Grumble. > >> > >> Paul Chefurka > > > > > > Well you do, I mean you wouldn't leave film or a battery in an M6 for 10 > >years, would you? > > Close, but the issue is having to take drastic action to fix a problem > that shouldn't exist in the first place. Harrison McClary has already > documented an example of this with an R8, so even Leicas aren't > immune. I do change the oil in my car without complaint, though. > > >On the other hand, if > >the 90 APO ASPH was disposable there might not be a rewind crank on the M6 > > I suppose even that lens can be considered disposable if you're Bill > Gates and have enough people like me buying your flaky OS. > BTW, I've noticed there's no rewind crank on the F5. And the > implication of that is of course... > > Paul Chefurka