Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Who does Leica Listen to?
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 19:01:29 -0600

Having an M2 and several M6s, I know which camera I grab when I am 
going on a "shoot". I agree that the M6's rewind crank is small and 
could stand improvement; but, it is just no contest, I can reload an M6 
much quicker than my M2. I place one finger along the M2's rewind shaft 
so I do not have any problems with it springing back. It is just simple 
bio-mechanics. The M2 requires multiple twists of my fingers/wrist 
while the M6 is a continuous spin. My cameras are tools and the best 
tool gets the job. Put a rewind crank on an M2 and it is then just as 
fast as the M6.

John Collier

On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 05:27 PM, Ken Wilcox wrote:

> I find the knob on my MP to be superior to the crank on my M6. The 
> tiny crank knob tends to slip out my hand at least once during a 
> rewind. I then have to add several turns to take up the slack again. 
> The MP knob is nearly as fast and if I let go it doesn't allow the 
> film to spin slack. I also have no doubt that it is more sturdy than 
> the crank. My M6 crank was damaged, incapacitating the camera by a 
> drop of less than two feet onto carpet.

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