What is a Leicavit?
As mentioned elsewhere in the FAQ, the original Leicavit was a trigger operated film-advance device made in the 1960s (not to be confused with the “new” Leicavit released in March 2003 to accompany the Leica MP camera – see heading below). Here are a few remarks by long-time Leicavit user Tom Abrahamsson: about the 1960’s version: The original Leicavit started out [in the 1930s] as the SCNOO rapid winder for the older screwmount Leicas and evolved into the [post-war] SYOOM Leicavit for the IIIG and IIIF. The version introduced with the Leica MP in 1957 was for all practical purposes a “re-bodied” SYOOM Leicavit. It was later offered as an accessory to the M2 and M1 cameras. I have had several of these, both in screwmount and in M2/MP combinations. It works quite well, but it is extremely complex for what it does. It suffers from several problems. The drive is by a chain which is prone to stretching with use and also had a very irritating habit of breaking when you used it heavily. The
