Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Colen writes: | A ratched film advance, which the M has, does not force you to take the | advance lever all the way through it's swing in a single arc, but allows you | to, in effect, turn any camera in to an M3DS...there are many times when it | is helpful to be able to advance the film with a couple of half strokes, | rather than a full one... Have you actually used any Leica camera other than the M3DS? I know that my M3ss and M6 will use "ratchet" strokes, as will my R6 and R7. In fact my "bad habit" is to always ratchet the stroke rather than do a clean full stroke. Regards, Bill Larsen who is beginning to wonder - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html