Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/19

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Subject: RE: [Leica] R8 motor-drive vs. winder
From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 07:09:57 -0500

Never mind, gang; I just found a year's worth of reading material on this
subject in the archives.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Dan Honemann [mailto:danh@selectsa.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 6:38 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] R8 motor-drive vs. winder

> I should qualify that a bit: I don't much care for the bulky R8
> winder; it's the one thing I would change on that body if I had
> my druthers (and, of course, it's optional).

I say winder here, but I meant motor-drive.  The motor-winder is
considerably less bulky, but they didn't have one to play with at the shop.
So R8 fans, how is the R8 and winder combination?  Looks more ergonomic.  I
found reaching the lens barrel to focus a bit of a stretch for my fingers
while cradling the motor-drive in my left hand (a habit I've picked up from
shooting with the M6; I suppose I could practice holding the weight of the
camera entirely by the lens barrel instead).

Dan