jackbaty Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share #21  Posted January 7, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 14 minutes ago, 250swb said: The rewind knob is just a knob on a shaft that turns, no gears to mesh, no cams, no specific direction of travel (unless rewinding a film), it has nothing other than newness. True, but when loaded with film, it also has the entire mechanism on the other end of the camera to deal with as well. I mentioned earlier that it rotates just fine with no film loaded. I assume they think it's _something_ worth looking into. Hope so. We'll see! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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logan2z Posted January 8, 2022 Share #22  Posted January 8, 2022 3 hours ago, jackbaty said: True, but when loaded with film, it also has the entire mechanism on the other end of the camera to deal with as well. I mentioned earlier that it rotates just fine with no film loaded. I assume they think it's _something_ worth looking into. Hope so. We'll see! If the mechanism is simply suffering from 'newness', maybe you could sacrifice a roll of film and load/shoot through/rewind it a handful of times and see if things loosen up. Might be worth trying before sending the camera off to NJ for who-knows-how long. That should also give you an opportunity to break in the shutter and frame advance mechanism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbaty Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share #23  Posted January 8, 2022 9 hours ago, logan2z said: If the mechanism is simply suffering from 'newness', maybe you could sacrifice a roll of film and load/shoot through/rewind it a handful of times and see if things loosen up. Might be worth trying before sending the camera off to NJ for who-knows-how long. That should also give you an opportunity to break in the shutter and frame advance mechanism That could be true, and if I thought it was simply a matter of "breaking in" then I would happily continue to use the camera as-is. However, the rewind mechanism, based on my admittedly limited experience, feels wrong somehow, so I'm happy to have Leica look at it and tell me it's either a problem they can fix or that it's just something that will take care of itself eventually. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 8, 2022 Share #24  Posted January 8, 2022 20 hours ago, jackbaty said: True, but when loaded with film, it also has the entire mechanism on the other end of the camera to deal with as well. I mentioned earlier that it rotates just fine with no film loaded. I assume they think it's _something_ worth looking into. Hope so. We'll see! I see your point but you have a warranty and that trumps a feeling. Finding any other faults first also means you only have to send it back once. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobjuul Posted January 23, 2022 Share #25 Â Posted January 23, 2022 Any news? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbaty Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share #26 Â Posted January 24, 2022 17 hours ago, Jacobjuul said: Any news? No news yet. Leica has the camera and I'm now just waiting to hear what they find. They did not give me an ETA so I'm using it as an opportunity to work on my patience 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobjuul Posted February 2, 2022 Share #27  Posted February 2, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) On 1/24/2022 at 12:47 PM, jackbaty said: No news yet. Leica has the camera and I'm now just waiting to hear what they find. They did not give me an ETA so I'm using it as an opportunity to work on my patience Wanted to give you an update to my case. Mine was declared DOA by Leica in Germany. Either full refund or new MP (my choice). I think mine might have been a different issue than yours though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted February 2, 2022 Share #28  Posted February 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jacobjuul said: Wanted to give you an update to my case. Mine was declared DOA by Leica in Germany. Either full refund or new MP (my choice). I think mine might have been a different issue than yours though. How long will you wait for your new MP ? What are full words for DOA ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erato Posted February 2, 2022 Share #29 Â Posted February 2, 2022 51 minutes ago, a.noctilux said: DOA DOA =Â Defected On Arrival. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28framelines Posted February 2, 2022 Share #30  Posted February 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Jacobjuul said: Wanted to give you an update to my case. Mine was declared DOA by Leica in Germany. Either full refund or new MP (my choice). I think mine might have been a different issue than yours though. What was the issue with yours? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted February 2, 2022 Share #31  Posted February 2, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 8:32 AM, jackbaty said: .. Once or twice I was actually worried I'd tear the film sprocket. Doesn't feel right, although it may be totally "within tolerance"... Sounds like there is an issue with the film transport mechanism, not the rewind knob.  i.e. it does not like to go in the opposite (rewind) direction.  Not normal, and hopefully Leica will address.  I have a bunch of Ms, including an MP, none have that issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobjuul Posted February 2, 2022 Share #32  Posted February 2, 2022 2 hours ago, 28framelines said: What was the issue with yours? similar issue but worse  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbaty Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share #33  Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 5:51 AM, Jacobjuul said: Wanted to give you an update to my case. Mine was declared DOA by Leica in Germany. Either full refund or new MP (my choice). Yikes! I'm eager to hear what they find with mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted February 4, 2022 Share #34  Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 2:51 AM, Jacobjuul said: Wanted to give you an update to my case. Mine was declared DOA by Leica in Germany. Either full refund or new MP (my choice). I think mine might have been a different issue than yours though. Doesn't new Leica gear ship with that little card showing the name and signature of the tech who did the final quality check? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28framelines Posted February 4, 2022 Share #35  Posted February 4, 2022 So, I’m curious: when rewinding, is the issue from START of rewind, or once you get close to the end of rewinding? My MP has some additional tension at the end of the rewind (basically the last few frames), but not at the beginning. I chalked this up to a tension so that the spool doesn’t unroll or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbaty Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share #36  Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 11:48 AM, 28framelines said: So, I’m curious: when rewinding, is the issue from START of rewind, or once you get close to the end of rewinding? My MP has some additional tension at the end of the rewind (basically the last few frames), but not at the beginning. I chalked this up to a tension so that the spool doesn’t unroll or something. Mine was difficult to turn (with film loaded) throughout. It may have gotten a small amount more difficult at the end, but I didn't think it felt "normal" during the rest of the rewind. Still waiting for word from Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbaty Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share #37 Â Posted February 19, 2022 Following up on this, I received the MP back from Leica today, and the rewind knob now works like butter. It feels "right", now" The receipt only said that they replaced 2 parts: "roller" and "leather covering". I would not have minded a little more clarification around what the actual problem was, but I'm happy with the repair. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted February 19, 2022 Share #38 Â Posted February 19, 2022 @jackbaty Nice that Leica repaired your MP and maybe your MP checked 100%. As it should, everytime the M is opened, the leatherette must be replaced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted February 20, 2022 Share #39 Â Posted February 20, 2022 I had this problem on my M-A. Happened to watch a you tube on how to load film on the M-A and realized I was loading the film wrong (In my defense I was only proficient at the old style film loading (M3)). I was jamming the film leader into the quick connect spool instead of just letting it take care of it on its own. Voila, rewind works like a dream. My two cents. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfyl Posted February 20, 2022 Share #40  Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, jackbaty said: Following up on this, I received the MP back from Leica today, and the rewind knob now works like butter. It feels "right", now" The receipt only said that they replaced 2 parts: "roller" and "leather covering". I would not have minded a little more clarification around what the actual problem was, but I'm happy with the repair. What about you mentioned that the rewind knob is tight to pull up and sometimes is stuck in halfway, was this fixed by Leica as well? or this is not treated as defect by Leica? thx Edited February 20, 2022 by tfyl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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