Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] Leica S1 deviation
From: Frank Dernie <FrankDernie@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:19:03 -0400
 
Harrison McClary wrote:
"Not if you want to include the price of a motor(IF there ever is a motor=
) =

or winder which is only fair since both of those can do around 6fps."

in reply to Patrick G. Sobalvarro who wrote

>Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the R8 actually cheaper than Nikon an=
d
>Canon's top bodies?

I have only found motor drives to be a noisy heavy waste of money. Under =
no
circumstances during the 37 years I have been taking photographs have I
felt I needed one, and on the occasions when I used one I resented carryi=
ng
the extra weight. Am I the only person who feels this way?!

Cheers to all
Frank