Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M3 film sprocket to M4 style?
From: 4season <4season@boulder.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:27:21 -0600

I think such a modification is listed on Reinhold Mueller's price sheet.
Sorry, I don't have his URL handy, and have no details on the specifics.

Jeff

Kip Babington wrote:
> 
> Probably not feasible, at least not at any affordable price.  The M3 counter resets
> by sensing the removal of the takeup spool, while the M4 and later have a separate
> pin that senses when the baseplate has been removed.  The speed loading takeup spool
> kit for the M3 allowed you to just shove the film leader down into a slot in the
> spool while it was in the camera, ala M4, but you still had to lift the spool up a
> bit before loading, in order to reset the counter.  There was a nifty little collar
> that you could grab with two fingertips to do the lifting, and you only had to lift
> it a little way, but you still had that step to take.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kip
> 
> williad@webasto.com wrote:
> 
> > I have a single stroke M3 and I would like to have the film take up spool
> > updated (replaced) with the M4/M6 style take up spool.  Is this possible?  Has
> > anyone out there had this modification done to the M3 or M2?  If so, who did it?
> > Thanks,
> >   Douglas Williams