Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGgers, Please pardon this attempt to communicate with fellow LUGger RPAC Savenjie via the LUG. I have tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to respond directly to RPACSavenjie's report about using Leica hardware on a loaner test day. This Mr./Ms. Savenjie talked about a "new motor winder prototype", and responded directly that he/she had mispoken, and that it WAS a motor DRIVE prototype. My mail to this Mr./Ms. Savenjie won't travel, even when I click on the highlighted email address in the LUG and also when attempting to use the address on the response I was sent. All I get in response is UNDELIVERABLE. Don't know if MSN just doesn't like the address or something else is wrong between Colorado and the Netherlands. However in Savenjie's email to me, I came to understand that Savenjie had actually intended to report use of a motor DRIVE prototype. But again, I couldn't respond directly. Since this issue is of interest to many LUGgers, I would like to ask Mr./Ms. Savenjie to please address this issue of whether the loaner was a winder or it was indeed the new R8 motor drive many of us have been waiting for. If this was indeed that motor drive, please tell us about it...How did it function, was its size cumbersome, significantly different than the winder, was it heavy, how fast was it, were you pleased with its function and ergonomics, ..........and did they tell you anything about availability??? Thanks to LUGger Savenjie, and the patience of the LUG. Hope for a motor DRIVE [in our lifetime] springs eternal! Enjoy the light! Greg