Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:23:24 -0500 >From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] another acolyte >Message-ID: <p05111001bb48afaca09d@[141.140.30.24]> >References: <20030726140510.GA3139@panix.com> > >>i have joined the newly-converted with my secondhand purchase >>of a rapidwinder. i am surprised how well it accommodates focusing >>and winding with the same hand--thumb and index finder focus, middle and >>ring finder trigger. i seem to have a little more trouble >>getting film to engage when loading --but maybe it's something i'm >>not getting >>right. you have to transfer the "steering wheel" from the original >>base to the rapidwinder. it a beautifully-made machine. > >Now that we can't get parts, this is a moot question but..... > >Was it ever possible to purchase the steering wheel as a spare part >from Leica? I'd get the Rapidwinder but I'd like the flexibility of >using the normal base when I wanted to, without having to dig out a >screwdriver. Hmm. Either I'm lucky, ignorant or lucky to be ignorant but I don't recall ever fitting the 'steering wheel' to my Rapidwinder and haven't had any problems... - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html WARNING: Above message may contain nuts or nut products. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html