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1 hour ago, zeitz said:

Rapid Sequence Photography with Rangefinder Cameras

The kit on the left is:  Nikon SP with S36 motor drive, Type II reflex housing and external microswitch connecting the external battery pack to the motor drive

The kit on the right is:  Leica M2 Mot, E Leitz NY with attached battery pack, Visoflex III modified with internal microswitch connected to the motor drive

Both kits are fitted with the 18cm f2.5 Nikkor lens.  1178 of these lenses were made in Nikon mount; 49 were made in Visoflex I mount.

I have two M winders, a large M4-2 on my M4-P, which is ridiculously over powered and the casing flexes and writhes in your hand when winding on and the very compact (barely bigger than the standard base plate, Motor-M on my M7. As arthritis has now pretty well seized the joint at the base of my right thumb, a winder/motor drive is essential for me. I have the two above, an R4 winder on my R4-MOT, R8 Winders on both R8 and R9 and a MOOLY on my IIIa. I would love to get a chrome MOOLY-C for my IIIc red blinds stepper but they are getting to be silly money. I tried a Leicavit but that was worse than a lever wind. 

Wilson

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11 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said:

M4-2 on my M4-P, which is ridiculously over powered and the casing flexes

The M4-2 winder is ridiculously bad, even feeling cheap just holding it.  I consider it the Leica worst accessory Leica that I ever experienced.  The E Leitz NY motor drive is a pleasure to use and worthy of Leica.  The SL2 motor drive is also excellent.

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19 hours ago, zeitz said:

The M4-2 winder is ridiculously bad, even feeling cheap just holding it.  I consider it the Leica worst accessory Leica that I ever experienced.  The E Leitz NY motor drive is a pleasure to use and worthy of Leica.  The SL2 motor drive is also excellent.

Perhaps worse than the 21mm-24mm -28mm zoom finder which I have always ranked as the worst Leica accessory which I have. I have the M4-2 winder, but apart from when I first got it, I never use it and it remains a curiosity piece in my collection. 

William 

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3 hours ago, willeica said:

I have the M4-2 winder, but apart from when I first got it, I never use it and it remains a curiosity piece in my collection. 

Might as well keep it.  They only fetch about $50 on e-bay.

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1 hour ago, zeitz said:

Might as well keep it.  They only fetch about $50 on e-bay.

This came with a camera. I have never sold a Leica item and I have hundreds of different Leitz/Leica items. I did not really buy this to use it. 50 dollars would be a meaningless sum to me and it would probably cost me more than that to get rid of it.

William 

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I picked up a lens on ebay recently. It was cheapish because the aperture was jammed solid - which is not unusual in early Taylor Taylor and Hobson lenses! Its a Series III (general purpose) 4.4" Cooke lens, to cover 3.25 x 3.25" (1/4 plate effectively,) and these small (approx 1.25" diameter) shorter focal legth lenses are what I would describe as 'uncommon' rather than rare but sought after because they can be adapted readily enough to digital.

With some very careful application of WD40 which, whilst not ideal, can work wonders, and moderate hand force only, the aperture actually started moving and now works well enough, with the rather dirty diapragm operating as it should. First results are that for a ~1911 lens its pretty good, quite usable and shows its pedigree very well. Wide open its is pretty sharp across a 35mm frame, and at f/11 I would class it as good enough to use for landscapes even today. I will mount it up properly (its on a card lens board currently) and use it. Photo taken on an 1865 Grubb Stereo lens .....

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