Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I played with one at my dealer. My reaction to the finger bobbing -- No big deal! It only occurs in continuous mode, which I would never use -- I haven't yet on any motorized camera I've owned. Even the Army took "spray and pray" mode off the M-16 -- bursts of three at most, according to the History Channel. Tom S. > My take on the shutter recoil issues with my Leica Motor winder M is that it > suffers in comparison to what I'm used to. > All I'm used to is an MD12 or MD11 on Nikons, And an ELM Hasselblad body. > Your finger goes into those buttons and you don't feel any recoil > > If the first motorized camera i ever got was the Leica with Leica motor winder M > i would not think anything of it. > As is it took me about half a roll to get used to it. > That was several hundred rolls ago. > > I think Leica would have the mechanical ability to get around this if it was possible. > Its plainly not as this new motor seems to be completely rethought and still has it. > > All i can say is the finger action is a feature you can soon forget. > I think it's very positive. It's not smooth... but it's not really jerky either. > I think the winders for the Leica M are very viable. > I am very much looking forward to getting the new compact version. > Keeping also my old one though. I do have two bodies so far. > In an instenseive shoot it's nice to have as many things a motorized as possible. > > > Mark zip zip Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA