Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]you mean like the Fuji WA P&S or the Xpan? Logical and good but less easy to do on a manual advance camera where the existing mechanism is already designed, proven and tooled for. In order to keep the mechanism simple and the wind on on the right the whole unit would have to be redesigned. Frank On 18 Mar, 2007, at 21:26, Photo Phreak wrote: > I have always wondered why the "gnomes" never got the idea of > winding the film out of the cartridge and winding the exposed shot > back in. Always seemed like a simple idea to me.... > > Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: Sonny Carter offered: > Subject: [Leica] M8 grip > > >> Those clever engineers at Solms moved the baseplate locking key to >> the >> opposite end, I presume to thwart aftermarket grip makers. >> >> I still hold my breath when I open it, trying to remember if I had >> rewound >> the film. ;-)<<<<<<< > > Sonny, > Trust me. DON'T loose that feeling!!! As I switched to an M6 the > other day > and did just that! Opened the base plate with film not re-wound! > Aaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkkkk!:-) > > Response? ;-) "damn digital cameras!" ;-) > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > --------------------------------- > Don't pick lemons. > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information