Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] rapidwinder/M2 question
From: Summicron1 at aol.com (Summicron1@aol.com)
Date: Mon Oct 11 19:50:49 2004

just took delivery of an M2 Rapidwinder by Tom A -- a quick question for the 
assembled wisdom:

I have a very early M2, with the button rewind. If i even push slightly on 
the button, by accident, when winding the film it makes a little buzzing 
sound/feel, as if something behind it is bumping along a gear. Otherwise the 
camera 
is silky smooth wenn wound   using the film advance lever on the camera

When i wind the camera with the winder, but don't touch the button, it also 
makes the same sound, sort of a geary sound, not loud, not harsh, not 
anything 
bad, just a slight geary buzzing sound and I can feel the button vibrating 
with the sound, ie 1:1 whatever is making the sound is hitting something 
behind 
the button.

Is this bad? Is this normal? Is it just the gears and thingies being pushed 
around in a different torque/direction?

Camera was just purchased last year pretty much unused and serviced by 
Sherry 
Krauter last fall, should be tip-top. I feel no hesitation/drag in the 
winder, just the geary noise.   Wouldn''t even worry about it at all except 
it's a 
noise. just wondering if any of you others iwth an button rewind M2 and 
winder 
notice the same thing. 

that's assuming anyone else with a button m2 uses a winder. There aren't 
that 
many, i see tom is planning another 100 this year.

charlie trentelman

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