Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In message <13f.8539fb5.29844eca@aol.com>, TTAbrahams@aol.com writes: [...] > An anecdote regarding rewinding! In my youth, I worked for a newspaper in >Sweden and being the youngest on staff, I was assigned a handful of battered >Leica MP's and M2's. Of course, I was hankering for those new-fangled Nikon >F's that just had been introduced! Charlie was one of the grizzled veterans >of press-photographers and he was teaching me how to reload fast. Grabbing >the M3 by the rewind crank, he spun the camera around, thus rapidly winding >the film back. Suddenly he lost the hold on the camera which shot out of his >grip, slammed into the wall above my head and without missing a beat, he >stuck his hand up and caught it on the rebound. It impressed me to no end and >as they say today, "it was sooooo cool". Hi Tom, great story! Now I understand why the M3s I usually see at the 2nd hand shops look so beat up and at the same time have silky smooth film advance and rewind mechanics... ;-)! - -- Arne - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html