MY experience with a winder on a ME Super is that it is bad for the camera I have had the mechanism repaired once and recently I am starting to have problems again. After using it continuously for eight years I have removed it replaced the screw cover to the body and put the winder away. Also the winder does not always load properly, you never feel 100% sure it has loaded at times. I never used it in the continuous position because trying that position a couple of times, it went through the whole roll of film.
Is it that difficult a job to crank a ME Super? Denny B > >Subject: Re: ME Super: will a winder shorten its life? > From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 07:06:31 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Morning all - I've been thinking for a while of adding a winder to >> my ME Super. [snip] The only thing that concerns me is that I'm >> a little afraid that a winder will put extra strain on the Super's >> advance mechanism and possibly shorten its life. [snip] Anyone >> have any experiences, good or bad, that would help me decide? > >Clive: > >I used a pair of ME Supers with Winder II's on them for probably >most of the 1980's, running countless rolls of film through them, >and they never had a problem (of any sort) during all that time. >And, these cameras were thoroughly ~used~ under less-than-ideal (for >camera bodies) conditions (they were my main camera bodies for my >work on a whale watch fleet, which is a tough environment for photo >gear). I hardly ever used the "Continuous" function of the winders, >but almost always used them for "Single" shots. However, my >impression of the winders is that they may have actually ~increased~ >the life of the winding mechanism, since the film advance lever >itself never had to be used at all. In any case, they always worked >like the proverbial charm. (Your mileage may vary, of course.) >Anyhow, that's my thoughts. > >Fred >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
