Old style rewind on M7?

I did ask Leica about the MP rewind for an M7 but was told no way. I wondered about the M6TTL version (same size as M7) with the MP style rewind, but was told no way again.

Just to put it out there, I've seen several Nikons (FE, FM, F2) with rewind knobs that were inoperable after drops. Not only the Leica has this 'problem'- and seriously, is you drop it hard enough to bend the rewind knob ain't something else going to be wrong too?
 
i can't find the article right now, but i remember a small piece in Leica Photography magazine from the late 60s about this. it said one of the reasons they changed to the 45 degree angled rewinder was that it took a lot of parts out of the camera and was much simpler to produce. the old style knob had to work around the viewfinder assembly and required a few gears to connect the knob to the shaft that turns the film spool. the article was basically praising the guy who designed it.
so maybe the electronics or something in the M7 are in the way of using the old rewind knob.


bob
 
bob338 said:
i can't find the article right now, but i remember a small piece in Leica Photography magazine from the late 60s about this. it said one of the reasons they changed to the 45 degree angled rewinder was that it took a lot of parts out of the camera and was much simpler to produce. the old style knob had to work around the viewfinder assembly and required a few gears to connect the knob to the shaft that turns the film spool. the article was basically praising the guy who designed it.
so maybe the electronics or something in the M7 are in the way of using the old rewind knob.
bob
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That information was certainly interesting, in view of the answers from those who have apparently got a negative answer from Leica regarding this.

Thank you to all for your answers.
 
This is clearly a solution in search of a problem. I'm sure that thier are instances of angled rewind systems malfunctioning on various M's since the introduction of the M4 but I'm also sure that this is not a problem widely experienced that one has to worry about. I have M6 Classic and two M7's and never even give it a thought, it just works fine.
In fact if I ever was to order an MP, it would have the angled rewind system.-Dick
 
RichardB said:
This is clearly a solution in search of a problem.
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But think of all the fun you could have worrying about it for years. Then you could obsess about replacing the plastic tipped "new" advance lever with the old solid metal ones in case that broke someday. There's just so much one could worry about, really.
 
I bent the one on my M4-P in the Julian Alps a few years ago but straightened it out (enough to work) with a Leatherman tool. I don't know when the damage happened as I didn't notice until I came to rewind.

Tasho delek,

Roger
 
Just to put a little perspective on this: Leica introduced the "new style" rewind with the M4 in 1967 -- over 40 years ago. If the angled rewind were such a weak spot, even a company as conservative as Leica would have redesigned it. My first Leica was an M3, but I added an M4, in part, for the better ergonomics, including the easier rewind. I've never looked back.
 
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