Re: [Leica] Leica motor winder doesn't seem to fit

[John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>]

 From the photo.net leica forum:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=004NL2

And here is the relevant text:

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  Ian MacEachern wrote:

I had the identical problem and it stumped several Leica people, until 
the Leica Clinic last spring at Lisle-Kelco (Canadian distributor) when 
one of the reps from Germany solved the puzzle after about 15 minutes 
of intense scrutiny of the camera bottom. He asked for a razor blade 
and trimmed away a very tiny bit of the body covering on the side with 
the mounting stud (shutter side), and that cured the problem.


  If you look closely at that side when you try to mount the motor you 
should be able to see where it is hanging up and with an Exacto knife 
be able to remove a bit of material to allow the motor to mount.
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John Collier

On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 08:39 AM, Joe Stephens wrote:

> Hi, I got a Leica M Motor winder on Ebay, and it doesn't seem to
> fit correctly.  It doesn't appear damaged in any way, or out of 
> alignment.
>
> There is an "on" lever on underneath the film that rotates 180 degrees.
> When
> it is "off" it looks like it should fit, but it is a few millimeters 
> short
> of
> being flush like the Leica baseplate, and I can't rotate the lever to 
> "On".
>
> Any ideas, or is it a bum unit?

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