Do you all hate your rewind crank?

Not really, i just wanted to know if its normal to worry this much and if your cranks wont turn every time you wind :)
 
Ehm, worrying this much might be 'not normal' if it starts extending to other trivial experiences as well...

I'm selling my M6 0.85. but it never occured to me that I might be selling it because of the rewind crank...
:p

ThnkGd I'm keeping the M3... no crank!
 
DNG said:
I hate when my I loss my grip on the Rewind of my M5....
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I dont follow you here - M5 has a ratcheted rewind - so even if your fingers slip - it doesnt go spinning crazy like other cameras do. Thats one of many M5's features I like a lot.
 
Krosya said:
I dont follow you here - M5 has a ratcheted rewind - so even if your fingers slip - it doesnt go spinning crazy like other cameras do. Thats one of many M5's features I like a lot.
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This is also one of the things that makes the Zeiss Ikon nice.
 
Tompas said:
Best rewind crank is that of the Nikon F4: it's there but you don't need it (because the camera has a built-in motor drive that also rewinds).

And of course the rewind crank of the Pentax LX is the most buttery of them all. The LX is the smoothest camera I ever had anyway.
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The Nikon F5 is like this too. I have both. Two switches on both cameras- press button 1 and you can rewind manually. Press buttons 1 and 2 and it will rewind automatically. Very nice to have choices. My F5 even has a Leader-Out mod so the film sticks out a little bit when it's rewound. I like that because I trim the ends before I put them in the developing tanks. Much easier to do the little things while you can see them instead of trying to do them in total darkness of a changing bag.

I like the rewind crank on my M4, and when I got the M3, I though I would not like it since I was used to the M4, but the M3 is not that bad and I actually got used to it very quickly. The M4 will unravel a bit if you let it go, but the M3 stays where it is. I really think this M3 has not been used very much since 1955 because everything is just squeaky new on it.
 
My M2 has a knob. It's just fine. My OM2N has a crank, which is also just fine. My R4M has a crank, which often takes the application of a fair amount of force to do its job. It often spins away from my grip, unwinding half the roll.
 
So there is no problem if i rewind the crank a bit every once in a while just to make sure it still works? just to feed the paranoia. :D i should stop now

(geia sou file!)
 
I've never noticed any problems. I just give it a little clock-wise tension after loading and observing it rotating to frame 1.

"v. Gently rotate the LHS rewind crank until you feel tension"

(Step v. in the link dyao provided above.)
 
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Krosya said:
I dont follow you here - M5 has a ratcheted rewind - so even if your fingers slip - it doesnt go spinning crazy like other cameras do. Thats one of many M5's features I like a lot.
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Yes and no - yes, there is a ratchet, but if your fingers slip the rewind handle will _sometimes_ spring back into its recessed storage position and this disengages the ratchet. It's certainly happened to me a couple of times.
 
DNG said:
I hate when my I loss my grip on the Rewind of my M5....
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bwcolor said:
This is also one of the things that makes the Zeiss Ikon nice.
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Krosya said:
I dont follow you here - M5 has a ratcheted rewind - so even if your fingers slip - it doesnt go spinning crazy like other cameras do. Thats one of many M5's features I like a lot.
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I understand all that, it is a nice feature....But my fat finger/thumb tend to slip off the rather short crank nub, if I rewind too fast.
 
I don't mind the rewind knob on my M2. However, with the Leicameter mounted on the camera there is a lot of torque beeing applied very close to the flimsy plastic button/lever on the meter and that can be a bit scary, its probably not too hard to break off that button.
 
The slippage of an M6 rewind was inconvenient , but not that big of a deal for me in the grand scheme of things. Certainly not after dealing with the teeny-tiny, sandpaper-like rewind knob of a IIIf...
 
Well that doesn't sound good. I have a couple Leica meters on the way so I'll have to pay attention to that.


tic said:
I don't mind the rewind knob on my M2. However, with the Leicameter mounted on the camera there is a lot of torque beeing applied very close to the flimsy plastic button/lever on the meter and that can be a bit scary, its probably not too hard to break off that button.
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bizarrius said:
As much as i love my M6, that much i hate my rewind crank.
i think.
Is it normal that it doesn't turn every time i take pictures?
do you turn it a bit every once in a while just to see if everything is OK? Just to see it turn every time you wind?

Am i paranoid?:angel:
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This annoys me too. I once forgot to put a roll of film in my camera. I noticed the problem taking photo number 39, and I was not very happy, I lost 38 photos.
Now I'm always checking that it's turning, and wondering if I forgot something when I don't see it turning.
 
The M5 is good. The M2 expertly serviced no longer recoils if I lose my grip on the rewind knob. The OM2n rewind is so good that I worry that I have no film in there. If I was buying a la carte I would definitely go with the M2 style knob, but I can live with the M6 OK.
 
Never a problem

Never a problem

I don't get the hate. I have an M6 classic and it rewinds exactly the same as the MF Nikons I use (FM2, FM2N, FA) and have used for many years. Same size winder and crank, same feel of film rewinding onto a cassette. I had an M3 and was annoyed by the slow winding knob. I no longer own that camera (didn't care much for the loading of it either). But I love this M6 and have been using it for over a decade. Rewinds beautifully...
 
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