Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Rapidwinders -TOTALLY ON TOPIC
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:51:28 -0700

My bottom plate basket balks at the take up tulip at times.

John Collier

> From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
> 
>> I always found
>> the plastic
>> Roller a bother. It never slipped in over the "tulip" as you
>> wanted, most of
>> the time the spokes of it got stuck, or hit the tips of the
>> "tulip" take up
>> spool and required that you fiddled with it.
> 
> Hi Tuulikki,
> 
> I believe the above is an exaggeration.  I've got probably 2000 rolls of
> film on an M6 with the RapidWinder, and the basket, and I have not in one
> instance ever had a problem as you describe.  I've also never seen anyone on
> this list complain of such a problem, and none of the camera review sites
> that have reviews of the M6 claim this as a problem...  I don't dispute it
> was a problem for you, as you are relaying your personal experience, but I
> don't believe it's much of an issue for others.
> 
> As I've said, I have had misloads, as well as have read others have had
> misloads, without the basket...and I've had NO misloads with it.
>

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