Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > > >the Rapidwinder is no noisier than the normal > >shutter advance > > Er, no. > > The Rapidwinder is louder during advance because it has > to advance the film by rotating the motor-coupling shaft > at the bottom of the camera. More gears turning, more > tourque, louder sound. (Measure it!) Hi Andrew, Er, no...as you say. I believe the noise is mostly because of the belt in it, not because it couples with the motor shaft (which I believe turns anyway with manual advance). Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html