Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Sal DiMarco,Jr." wrote: > Luggites, > According to Jim Lager's "Leica- An Illustrated History- Vol. III > Accessories, the very first rapid wind device for a Leica was a the RAPIDO, > which fit over the the wind knob of a Model A Leica. It was not a Leica > product. > The first baseplate wind system was the SCNOO and this was introduced in > 1935. It is the precursor of the Leicavit. > In early 1950, the first Leicavit was introduced for screw mount > cameras. > After the introduction of the M3 in 1954 in response to requests from > professional photographers, the Leica MP camera with a Leicavit- MP was > introduced in 1956. The first Leicavit-MP equipped cameras appeared in 1955 > (M3E-1; M3D- 1 thru 4 and a bunch of pre-production MP cameras marked M3- > 10xx * appeared. all with Leicavit-MP winders. > After the MP was discontinued and the M2 introduced the Leicavit MP was > offered as a separate accessory until about 1969. > In 1987, a full eleven years after the introduction of the M4-2 camera, > Tom Abrahamsson introduced his Rapidwinder, which operated off the internal > motor connection of the M4-2 and later Leica rangefinder cameras.By the way, > this internal motor connection first appeared on the Leica MP2 prototypes > cameras in the mid to late fifties. > End of History Lesson. > Happy Snaps, > Sal > > Sal DiMarco, Jr. > Philadelphia, PA > Web Site: http://members.fcc.net/sal.dimarcojr Tom also made about 500 Rapidwinders that fit the M2 drive. Now I understand he is off making one to fit the LTM, IIIc sized. Dennis - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html