Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Motor-M or Rapidwinder (with Rapidgrip) ?
From: Paul Chefurka <paul@chefurka.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:39:38 -0500
References: <B87A02AB.494%davinci@worldonline.fr>

You'll find a lot of Rapidwinder lovers on this list.  I am not among them.
I vastly prefer the Motor-M, mainly because it interferes with my
concentration less than the RW.  The Rapidwinder still needs a manual
action to wind the film.  You take the shot, then pull a lever on the
bottom of the camera.  The lever drives a belt which rotates a coupling
which winds the film and shutter.

The main advantage of the RW is that you don't need to remove the camera
from your eye to wind, but it's still a separate motion with your left
hand.  with practice it can be somewhat faster than winding with the thumb
lever.

The Motor-M is a real motor.  All you need to do to wind the film is -
nothing.  It's much less intrusive when you ''re following action through
the finder, and you have the advantage of true one-handed operation if you
really need it.  I also find it doesn't upset the steadiness of the camera
between shots as much as the RW.

I also prefer the size of the motor's grip, compared to the Rapidgrip.  I
had both the motor and the RW/RG at the same time, and used them both
enough to convince myself that while the RW is a wonderful piece of
engineering, for me the motor is more functional.

Paul

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