Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 21:15 26/11/97 -0500, you wrote: >Jim, welcome to the M2 club. We are the retrogrades who insist on doing our >own mistakes when it cames to exposure, forgetting to reset the film counter >and crawling around on the floor looking for the take up spool. After years >of experience with these, I now look first under the most inaccesible piece >of rock or furniture for it. It will always roll there anyway. On one >occasion I dropped the spool in a muddy river and could not find it. The >solution was to tape the film to the shaft of the M2 and wind it on with >that. Later on I replaced the spool and residual glue from the tape forced >me>to use a pair of pliers to remove the spool to reload! > Have fun with the M2, it is one of the true classics of the Leica M ( start >looking for the 2nd body, maybe a M3 for the 50 and 90 set up). > Tom A Tom- just a question about your use of M2s. Do you have your Rapidwinders on them, and what metering do you use- if you ever use a separate handheld meter with them, what is it? Joe Berenbaum