Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/27

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Leica Motor-M or Rapidwinder
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:22:54 -0500

> "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >the Rapidwinder is no noisier than the normal
> >shutter advance
>
> Er, no.
>
> The Rapidwinder is louder during advance because it has
> to advance the film by rotating the motor-coupling shaft
> at the bottom of the camera.  More gears turning, more
> tourque, louder sound.  (Measure it!)

Hi Andrew,

Er, no...as you say.  I believe the noise is mostly because of the belt in
it, not because it couples with the motor shaft (which I believe turns
anyway with manual advance).

Austin

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