Do you all hate your rewind crank?

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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:
 
You don't have to keep an eye on the rewind crank throughout the whole roll. If it turns when you have loaded the camera, everything is OK.

So, no reason to hate...
 
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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I just turn it back as far as possible after loading the camera. no problems for me, my M2's is pretty cool too.
 
That is what i am saying. Some times when the camera is loaded it doesn't turn when i wind.
Of course at the end everything is fine but is it normal for my film to unfold a bit ?
 
The rotation will depend on how uniform the film tension in the cartridge is. Since there is no mechanism inside to ensure that, the rotation of the rewind crank is not a reliable indication of frame consistency.

But it is very useful to make sure at the beginning if your film is loaded correctly.

That reminds me, if you're frustrated because of this, wait until you use a half-frame camera 😀
 
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some slack is normal, but if you rewound it taut after loading the roll, then later, it's not moving after 2 or 3 frames, that would make me nervous.

How are your rolls coming out, even spacing?
 
With regard to rewinding... which is the primary function of the "rewind crank":

Hate: M6TTL.. / M4 if I lose the grip it goes crazy. And the rewind mechanism just seems fragile.

Love: M3 and Ikon

Contax G2 .. the G3 and G4 would have been great.. rewind heaven

MF Rangefinders: What rewind.. really nice.
 
sounds like it is fine

sounds like it is fine

the time to worry is maybe years down the road when you can't advance past about the 17th frame, but hopefully that is a long ways for you, or your M has already been serviced for that.

bizarrius said:
yes everything is fine. except once.
i lost a film once because i did not load the film as i should and i feel a bit paranoid since then.
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I don't think it has been serviced for such a thing. When i bought it, it was brand new. it even had stickers on her. 0 films used. The guy was a collector and never used his cameras.
 
bizarrius said:
yes everything is fine. except once.
i lost a film once because i did not load the film as i should and i feel a bit paranoid since then.
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I always feel a bit paranoid with my M3. But so far so good.
What I also worry about is the shop will stuff up the processing or something and I'll loose whatever I had.

I guess that's part of the fun of using film. There are no grantees. 😀

Ime elinas ala meno stin Australia.
 
bwcolor said:
With regard to rewinding... which is the primary function of the "rewind crank":

Hate: M6TTL.. / M4 if I lose the grip it goes crazy. And the rewind mechanism just seems fragile.

Love: M3 and Ikon

Contax G2 .. the G3 and G4 would have been great.. rewind heaven

MF Rangefinders: What rewind.. really nice.
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hm I think the M6 / TTL, although it's basically the same design, feels quite different to the M4's...
 
Don't hate the rewind crank on my M6 TTL, and I've never had any problems with it. Just like the rewind cranks on my M2s, it just seems to go on doing what it's supposed to do.

John
 
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.
 
Well, i give you these recomendations:

1) When loading the film in the take up spool, bend the end of the film that goes to the take up spool, like Tom does here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEyt94xMNUY

2) When you push the film thru, make sure that the gears have grabed the film perforation (or holes, don't sure it's the right word). If you didn't understand what I had just written, look the video above carefully...
3) When you loaded the film and closed bottom door, you can turn the rewind lever to "R" position and rewind the film until you feel a little tense... So that the film inside the cassette will roll tight... And when you will wind to the next frame, you will for certain see the rewind crank rotating...
 
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