Leica screw mount take up spool

[Dralowid]

David, That seller's other items remind me of the arrival of Soviet cheap watches in the UK...I had forgotten all about them.

 

[David Hughes]

David, That seller's other items remind me of the arrival of Soviet cheap watches in the UK...I had forgotten all about them.

I thought a lot about them when I got the bill for servicing my Omega Geneve automatic etc and started using the Sekonda and sold the Omega.

The joke was; I saw an Olympus XA something on a market stall years ago and it was under an old watch. Picked them both up to look at the XA2 and the guy said 3 pounds each or both for a fiver. So i got them both. That was years ago and the Sekonda is no better and no worse than any other watch but a lot cheaper to service. You might think that about the XA2 as well...

Regards, David


PS And the straps are a lot cheaper too and fail just as badly/quickly.

 

[rfaspen]

I don't remember if I was looking for anything in particular, but I pulled a few cameras from the cabinet and started trying spools among them.
All spools from the following cameras fit one another just fine. The Canon spools are the most luxurious (they are very nice).

Leica IIIa, Leica IIIc, Leica IIIf, Canon IIF, Canon IVSB, Fed-1 NKVD, Mir, and Fed-3 (I think thats all I grabbed). I also grabbed a Zorki-C, Zorki-4, and some other Zorki (?) The Zorki spools would fit each other but not fit in the other bodies. Thus, there is something about Zorki spools that is different. This couldn't be new knowledge...did everyone already know this?

I couldn't find my Minolta parts, so didn't try that spool. My informed guess would be that it works fine among everyone but the Zorkis.