Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ernie, Of course you are not butting in. Exchange of opinions is the purpose of the list! It sounds to me like you have been unlucky, I guess. I have not noticed any issues with the rewind, and my R2 was perfect in every way when it arrived. I bought it from Joseph Yao in Hong Kong, and I know that he checked it thoroughly before sending it off to me. Nathan Ernest Nitka wrote: > Nathan - sorry for butting in with my opinion but as a point of > discussion I hope you won't mind. Sorry BD also if this is butting in. > > I have the R2 and have had some minor complaints about the workmanship > of the R2 - I have an R2 that I put thru about 10 rolls so far. The > first one had to go back because of a jammed shutter. I know that any > camera including the Leica can be DOA and have to be sent back. I was > willing to chock that up as nothing serious. But I have to say that > the rewind is still very difficult, not smooth and the winding is > likewise. I just recently used my Nikon FM3a side by side and the wind > on and rewind are soooooo smooth. In the 10 rolls I've had 3 exposures > that were partially overlapped onto the next exposure. This is such a > rare occurrence with my other manual wind cameras that it is notable. > I do agree that the R2 is more substantial than the R. > > Once again I'm sorry for adding my $.02. Nathan any problems so far > with your R2 > > ernie - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html