Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now that you have mentioned it, it is true, why can't the thing motor-wind in such a huge body?? At 02:27 PM 23-02-97 -0500, you wrote: >As I see it, the R8 is actually quite an attractively designed camera. >While it is somewhat on the chunky side, that doesn't really bother me >because it handles well. My main objection is that within that bulk >there isn't a winder, let alone a faster motor drive. > >The Contax RTSIII, for example, has a 5fps motor within a quite >similarly sized camera. Many much smaller camera bodies incorporate >winders so it is quite a puzzle. The fact that the wonder and motor >won't be available for another 6 months or so is also puzzling. > >_____________________________________ >Michael H. Reichmann >E-mail: michael.reichmann@alphanet.net >______________________________________ > >>Of all the reviews of the Leica R8 that I have come across. None of them, >>not one, says that it is an ugly, fat, elephant looking thing. A radical >>departure in the look of the R-line should warrant some kind of similarly >>radical opinion. It seems that people are keeping quiet because it is a Leica. >>Well?? > >