Hi All, I've discovered something about my MEII winder that has me wondering. The winder bearing on my Program A is on the way out (after some accidental percussive trauma I caused). Although the tech that I took it to said he could easily replace it, I decided that since I use the MEII winder with it most of the time, I'd just wait until the bearing on the camera actually broke before fixing it. I use the winder on the camera because it is much easier for me to hold and I far prefer the feel. However I also rarely use it to actually trip the shutter and wind the film because it's so noisy and I don't like the location of the button. This isn't a complaint - just my preference.
What I discovered yesterday was that if the MEII winder is in "S" mode and the shutter isn't cocked, it simply winds the film on and cocks the shutter. This suits me perfectly as I can continue to use the (much quieter) camera shutter release, and then wind/cock using the MEII. My only concern is that I'm in some way damaging the camera, as this is obviously not what the winder was intended for. The instructions are no help, as they don't mention this in the "precautions" section. Does anyone else use their winder in this way? Cheers, Simon PS CNN/Reuters: News reports have filtered out early this morning that US forces have swooped on an Iraqi Primary School and detained 6th Grade teacher Mohammed Al-Hazar. Sources indicate that, when arrested, Al-Hazar was in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square and a calculator. US President George W Bush argued that this was clear and overwhelming evidence that Iraq indeed possessed weapons of maths instruction.
