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If you hit the rewind switch only once the film leader remains exposed [i guess it makes it easier to extract the film if you are 'self developing']

But, if you hit the rewind button a second time, it will wind the film fully into the cassette.

 

It's been a while, however I'm sure there's been many times I have done that with my R9's winder. That, and I do know there are times I have manually wound it the rest of the way after the motor stops using the "rewind crank."

 

Of all the film I put through my R9, there may have been one or two times I slightly (very lightly) touched the shutter blades...maybe once with film in front of it and other time possibly with the tip of my finger (I know, very bad!) Very scary since I do remember reading in the manual about that warning. I have never had film stuck in the blades however. I don't believe there is any damage at all with my R9.

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Looking to pick up an R and an 80/1.4 soon. Could anyone post a size comparison of either an R4-7 and the 80 OR an R8/9 and the 80 alongside an M with say a 50 for reference? I'm trying to decide between an R6.2 or and R8/9. I'm leaning towards the R6.2, but pricing and size might play a factor.

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. Could anyone post a size comparison of either an R4-7 and the 80 OR an R8/9 and the 80 alongside an M with say a 50 for reference? .

 

"I'm trying to decide between an R6.2 or and R8/9."

 

Can anybody say why Leica ever choose for a much bigger R8/9 camera instead of the smaller size of the older R models (except R3)?

Even the Leicaflex SL2 is a small camera compared with the R8/9.:cool:

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Heading off for the holiday (U.S.), but here's my growing "R" system as it stands at the moment.:

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I don't know what CMOS means, but I think it's obvious that collecting R lenses at current prices for -- anything: original R bodies, inc 'Flex, SL & SLR bodies, or for digital Canon or Nikon &c&c bodies -- is the epitome of cleverness, as well as thrift. Rarely does any market afford such bargains. After everything R, the smartest buy in Leicas IMHO is surely the Digilux 2. :)

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My new R8

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My trusty SL and my last roll of Kodachrome just shot

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