Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/27

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Subject: Re: Rapidwinder questions
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 01:15:22 GMT

At 13:06 27/10/97 -0400, you wrote:

>Joe,
>Are you talking about the Leicavit? This will only work on the M2 and the 
>rare MP bodies. It doesn't have the little funnel-shaped gizmo to shove 
>the film into the slotted takeup spool because these bodies have the 
>older, removable takeup spools. Unless it's the new one made by Tom 
>Abrahamson, it should not work on an M6, which may be why the lever 
>doesn't act right and it seems to be broken.
>- Paul

No, I'm talking about the Abrahamson Rapidwinder, the current and worthy
independent successor to the Leicavit, made to fit onto and for use on
either M4 series and M6, or M2. Made in Canada.  

Joe Berenbaum