Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have one of Tom's. I like it so well I've ordered another. An engineering marvel impeccably made. Regards, Greg Bill Satterfield wrote: > Which winder is better , Leica's or Tom's? > > Ted Grant wrote: > >> daniel confessed: ;-) >> >>> Last night i was downtown trying to do some handheld night shots >>> with the >>> noct. I also had my new motor on the camera. It's about a 15 block walk >>> >> from >> >>> my apartment, and on the way there are a few shady areas, so i put my >>> >> camera >> >>> in the bag for one particular block without turning off the motor >>> drive. >>> Upon reaching my destination i pulled out my trust m4p and noticed i >>> had >>> gone from frame 1 to 38. Since i use a soft release i always have >>> one or >>> >> two >> >>> pictures of my bag but never an entire roll.-daniel mcclenaghan<<<< >>> >> >> Cool lesson Dan! ;-) I bet you'll never forget that one, not to >> mention a >> few others on the list learning what not to do using a battery operated >> motor on the M. >> >> Gee using a Tom A RapidWinder I've never encountered this shooting from >> frame 1 to 38 with a couple of loaded M's in the bag. ;-) Sometimes >> manual >> is best! ;-) Beats the heck out of 38 blank inside the bag frames. :-) >> >> But then by the wildest of possibilities you probably could still use >> the >> roll after re-winding rather than dumping it. Because in the bag >> surely the >> exposure of the film would've been negligible if any. >> ted >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html