Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chandos, I had one of the Late M4-2 winders, and while it worked nicely, It made that characteristic "thunk." I did not know about the fix at that time, so I sold it to Chris CHung in Hong Kong, (with a heads up about the noise.) When I found about the tweak, I told Chris, but he'd alread gotten out his tire tool and jacked up the winder chassis and figured out the problem. He says it works nicely. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chandos Michael Brown" <cmbrow@wm.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 9:26 AM Subject: [Leica] winder m4-2 question > All, > > I secured the M4-p and 50/2 combination that I was seeking, but it also > comes with an m4-2 winder (and the standard baseplate). I suppose that > I'll find out quickly enough, but just how noisy is the thing--say, > compared to a modern built-in drive (as on the Contax G system)? Has > anyone tweaked one according to the instructions set out in Andrew Nemeng's > site? > > Just curious. > > Also--many thanks to everyone who responded to my "wanted" posting of a few > days ago. As I'd guessed, these things are hard to find only when you're > looking for them. > > Chandos > >