The way I understand it, for DS M3, first wind is to cock the shutter and the second one wind the film, so probably it needs some attention on the winding mechanism.
My 2m3 DS are smooth on the first but resists on the second.
the 28mm and the 40mm yes, Yes pictures are better. For 50mm nothing beats the m3. It is actually very disappointing when I look through the m2 or any other Leica.
"There are no bad cameras, only bad photographers", as the saying goes.
"There are no bad cameras, only bad photographers", as the saying goes.
Besides the gears, cassette and film, the pressure plate must be relevant. If it’s effective in keeping the film flat and tight to the film gate, wind-on is going to feel harder.
The pressure plate should not pinch the film to the rails. The role of the pressure plate is to sit on the outside rails, allowing the edges of the film to ride in the space between the plate and the inside rails. Because film is not all equal thickness and sometimes curved, but we want there to be as little slop in the positioning of the film as possible, it is likely that the edges of the film will ride on the inner rails and the center of the film will ride against the pressure plate. However, it should move smoothly with very little resistance - the amount of drag should be much less than that caused by bending the film over the rollers, turning resistance of the cassette spool, etc.
First of all I have to clarify, M3 viewfinder is next to none. Quality wise nothing even gets close. I would not change it for anything
But,
Literally all my cameras have smoother wind than my 2 m3 and 1 m2.
I feel a lot of the myth of how smooth leica wind is is fan boy talk.
When I use my MInolta CLE the wind is million times smoother.
I think you have it backwards. The M3 viewfinder is not the best (Ikon ZM easily beats it) but the winding should feel great and is an excellent design. Your camera just needs some work, and it’s worth it.
The M3 viewfinder is not the best (Ikon ZM easily beats it) but the winding should feel great and is an excellent design.
The brightness of a rangefinder camera's viewfinder is not the only thing that matters.
Leica's might not be the best in all (or any) of the properties that make a good rangefinder (accuracy, brightness, patch contrast, flare, how easy does it go out of alignment, how important the eye position is...), but they have an all around nicely designed rangefinder system.
Some people happen to like M3's magnification and think that because they like its magnification then the M3's rangefinder must be "the best". Good luck telling them they are "wrong"...
I think you have it backwards. The M3 viewfinder is not the best (Ikon ZM easily beats it) but the winding should feel great and is an excellent design. Your camera just needs some work, and it’s worth it.
Hold on!! The magnification is the number one reason and what I love the most. Looks like life. I can see closer and a lot clearer. Can shoot with both eyes open.Supper precise focus.
Hold on! Your preferences are not the same as every(any?)body elses.
BTW, if you rely on having both eyes open for super precise focus, you are most probably "doing it wrong(tm)"...
Hold on! Your preferences are not the same as every(any?)body elses.
BTW, if you rely on having both eyes open for super precise focus, you are most probably "doing it wrong(tm)"...
You assume my workflow...
Not at all, I haven't spent a millisecond assuming what your workflow might be.
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