Re: [Leica] Rapidwinder

["Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>]

I realize I'm the wrong Tom, but try www.kameraleder.com .

Tom S.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Rapidwinder


> Hello Tom:
>
> Do you know of anyone creating a slit in the bottom of a M case so that it
> can be used with the rapidwinder.
>
> Possibly someone manufactures a botton case for the M with a slit.
>
> I use my Leicas with the bottom of the case fitted on them so as to
protect
> the covering.
>
> Roland Smith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TTAbrahams@aol.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 2:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Rapidwinder
>
>
> > George, sorry about the late answer to the vertical use of a M6 with a
> > Rapidwinder. I was stuck in my machineshop trying to catch up with the
> > backorders. I am a left-eye photographer and started making these
> > Rapidwinders when my last two black Leicavit MP's bit the dust. For me
and
> > about 3000 other M-users they work, but it is not for everybody. This is
a
> > blessing for me as I am at capacity for production.
> >  On the vertical angle, I flip the camera up and releasing with my
> "regular"
> > finger on my right hand, holding the camera in my left hand. The edge of
> the
> > camera is cradled in the palm of my left hand, the fingers wrapped
around
> the
> > lever. Release, "squeeze with the left fingers and release again. As for
> your
> > "friends" at Magnum, we obviously dont know the same people, as Magnum
> N.Y.
> > and Paris has been steady customers of mine since I started in 1987.
There
> > are at least 50 Rapidwinders in the hands of Magnum shooters.
> >  There is an advantage to the Rapidwinder in using the M's - it does add
> some
> > "bulk" to the bottom of the camera and this makes it easier to hold it,
> > particularly with larger lenses ( 21/24, 35/1,4, 50/1,4, 50,1,75/1,4 as
> well
> > as the 90's and 135's). The lever is made from stainless steel and has
> been
> > used as an offensive weapon, defensive weapon and also as a tripod. The
> user
> > stuck the lever into the drywall of the apartment and steadied the
camera
> > that way. I asked him what the owner of the apartment thought of it? "
Oh,
> he
> > was dead, it was a murder investigation"!.
> >  I am quite happy you dont see any use for the Rapidwinder as I would
have
> to
> > put you on the backorder list if you changed your mind.
> > Tom A
> >
>