Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A nice quiet M winder with built-in handgrip along the lines of the R winder - that would be nice. I like the look of the Rapidwinder, but am held back by two considerations: use with a flash bracket is out, and no handgrip. The Leica M series seems to force a unique set of considerations on the user, and maybe this is the foundation of the famous "Leica Way" - the equipment is so limited in its possible configurations (I'm not talking about performance) that it becomes very difficult to use as a general purpose setup. And Leica themselves take some pretty bizzare decisions - the new flash is a case in point. Why not simply make a small flash along the lines of the unit for the Contax G2 with TTl control for the M6TTL? Instead they've come up with an aesthetically unpleasing - and most important - unpocketable and underfeatured unit that has nothing to recommend it over small Metz flashes. Disappointing. Havig said all that, I've hardly touched my R's since I got the M6. Maybe I'm a convert to the "Way" after all... Rob. PS, reading those horrible hatemails from Mr. Gil made my shoulders droop last night. I guess at least in that respect he achieved his aim. Robert Appleby V Bellentani 36 41100 MO Italy Tel: 0039 059 303436