Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After loading new film, fire off two blank exposures ( some people only fire off one) and turn the dial clockwise to zero position. Then wind on to your first exposure. My dial requires a fair amount of force with a finger nail (have not broke one yet). After all you would not want it to shift position every time you put it in the camera bag. The position of the rewind lever (or button) has no effect on the counter. John Collier >>original message: >> Hi everyone: >> I just got my old "new" M2 a couple days ago and became a proud >> owner of Leica M. Now I have a question: the M2 has a manual adjusted >> frame counter. How do I re-zero it when I finish a roll? I tried >> to rotate the ring but it just refused to move after 4-5 ticks. >> I also got a summaron 35/3.5 and elmar 50/2.8. I am still waiting for >> the result back from the lab. Quite exiciting!!! >> >> Min-yi Shen > Mr. Howard replied: > You should be able to just use your finger to rotate it. The rewind lever > may have to be engaged (that is, in the "R" position) for it to work. > > I don't really know, since I never bother resetting it. I just shoot > until I reach the end of the roll, at which time you know it's time to > reload.