Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marthe & Rene wrote: > > P.S. Question about the winder. The litterature says that the motor drive > allows single, 2 or 4.5 frames a second. The litterature on the winder only > mentions the 2 frames a second. Am I right in assuming that it also has a > single shoot setting? Hi Rene, The winder does not have a switch to set it to single shot, but, if you flip out the manual winding lever, then the winding functions are temporarily turned off, so it works like a single shot. I'll admit, not the most ideal setup for left eye shooters like me, but I've used it like that. Having the point of the manual wind lever pressed into my forehead provides an extra vibration stabilising apendage, simply brilliant! Bit painfull but. (let's see what the Deadman makes of that!) This handy feature means that you can avoid taking two pictures instead of one when pressing the shutter really slowly. It's also handy if you want to avoid the film automatically threading to frame 1. With trannies, I just love getting 39 from a roll, so I thread the film with the manual winder. When the heat is on, I let the winder do the threading work. Congratulations on the R8 acquisition. Its a fantastic camera. Like you, I don't understand the criticism. Sure, its biggish, but that's a virtue when using the lenses in the R line up, all being on the big'n heavy side of things. Let us know how you go! Regards Rick Dykstra