Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As the proud owner of two of Tom's Winders for my M cameras I await with interest not only the final selling price for Leica's new Winder but I've got $10 that says they won't be able to match Tom's quality of workmanship and service (before and after sales). And that's saying a lot for both Leica and Tom. Regards, Greg ttabrahams@aol.com wrote in part: >Just to put all the rumors to rest; I did not design the new Leicavit M for the M6P, but I have known about its existence for about a year and a half. > > I find the price quoted a bit alarming, close to US$ 900 (at photokina 2002 I was told “around $750”, but the strengthening of the Euro in the past 6 month has changed that). This puts it in mainly collectors' price range, which is too bad as the trigger winders are a boon to left-eye shooters. I don’t know if the new winder will be fully compatible with the older M4-2/M4-P’s as the drive in those bodies are subtly different from the M6/M7 and with my winders, occasionally requires a slight modification to the profile of the teeth in the drive to function smoothly. I will try this out when I have the new Leicavit M in my hand. > Will the new Leicavit M affect me? I certainly hope so; Leica needs to sell them and make a profit and I might be able to catch up on my back-order list, at last. This will also allow me to spend some more time on finishing the first batch of “BarnackWinders”. I will still be making my Rapidwinder and there are enough M shooters out there who want a lower cost alternative and also a match to their black chrome M4-2/M4-P/M6/M7. > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html