Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/01

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Subject: Re: New R8 - slides
From: n5xrd@juno.com (Richard W. Hemingway)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 21:51:32 CDT
 
Charlie,

>I shot with a friend's R8 and it seemed very solid and vibration free, 
>but,
>honestly, I would really be surprised if camera vibrations were 
>causing
>more wiggle than the steadiness of a person's hands at low shutter 
>speeds.
>My guess would be that the greater inertia of the heavier R8 body 
>dampens
>any hand twitches more than the lighter R7.

I think you are right about that.  At any rate I sure like the camera.

Dick