RE: [Leica] Leica M rewind gadget

[Tim Atherton <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

emanuel, see the recent thread :"[Leica] I think I am engaged to
somebody..." by John Collier

> I ordered the new rewind crank from Leica for my M2. I was expecting,
> well, a rewind crank I guess. I am not sure exactly what I got; and, I
> am darn sure that I may be engaged to somebody. I hope they're nice.
>
> I assumed a small white box maybe with a leather pouch -- if they were
> feeling extravagant. Well it comes in a gaudy silver box (with a black
> label) big enough to hold a Minilux; and, it weighs about the same as a
> Minilux too. What the H***, I am thinking as I open the silver box to
> revel a very high quality box similar to what jewelry often comes in.
> Jeez, how many boxes do I need? Open this last box and there it is;
> about the size of a genetically enhanced peanut. The reason for the
> huge box, and all that weight, is the included jeweler's screwdriver!
> All carefully held in high density foam. The last thing to fall out is
> an instruction book. Nine (9) pages on how to use a rewind crank.
> Repeated in enough languages to make it look like a Barbie telephone
> book.
>
> I know you do not believe me. Heck the only reason I believe it is
> because it doesn't go away when I rub my eyes. To be polite, I think
> Hermes is having an effect on Leica management.
>
> The crank looks very nice indeed. I guess the reason for the delay is
> that it has been redesigned from the one illustrated when the MP came
> out. The spring loaded knob is out of the way until you use it; and,
> the spring loading makes it less likely you will scratch the top plate
> as much as the old ones did. I have also ordered one of Stephen's
> ex-Magnum ones and I will let you know how they compare when it comes
> in.
>
> Any offers on the packaging before I put up on the auction site that
> dare not say its name?
>
> :-)
>
> John Collier

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