Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay, lets take this further... John's suggestion... M2 instead of M3? And Henning - both! A practical M to use AND a nostalgia trip (hey, one Photojournalist of my acquaintance still uses 2x M3's. I know he got some great comments shooting the NH Primaries with them hung around his neck...). Kinda like my Super Graphic - it's a nostalgia trip and gets used for work. (but then so does the Deardorff... just did a couple of bigwig portraits with it - they loved it - both the shoot and the pix... I think it made them feel important!) Tim A > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John > Collier > Sent: January 25, 2002 11:32 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] a street ready M3? > > > See interspersed comments: > > > From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com> > > > > Weird loading system? (can be updated?) > > > > Yes DAG can modify the loading system to the M4-6 style. It is not > inexpensive, as it would be to modify a M2, because the M3 uses the spool > removal to reset the film counter. At the same time they can add the motor > coupling so you could use a Winder/Motor/RapidWinder. To add > motor coupling > and M4-6 loading is around $300US for a M2, you will have to phone and ask > about how much more a M3 would be. > > You could just get the Leica rapid load kit which works great on > M2s but you > have to pull the spool up to reset the M3 counter; not a big > deal. $25US to > $80US > > > > > Annoying rewind knob (add one of those doohickys that make it > faster - are > > they still available) > > > > Yes ($35US I think), Richard Wasserman makes them and his email address is > > disfromage@aol.com > > > > > Later M rewind lever (is this more useful...) > > > > I actually prefer the M3 style lever as you can get at it even > with a flash > or finder attached. I have a couple of the newer ones hanging around and > will gladly trade for your unwanted one (never know I might get another M > one day). I will even lend you the tool to change it. It takes under a > minute. > > > > > Come on all you M3 lovers, whatcha think? > > > Me? I prefer the M2... > > You also could just buy a 1.25 magnifier ($220US) and have DAG > block out the > 75 framelines and...BINGO... you have an M3 with meter, easy load and fast > rewind. > > John Collier > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html