Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Leica Motor-M or Rapidwinder
From: "Gerry Walden" <gwpix@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:38:01 +0000

My only contribution to this deabate is the fact that I have used the 
Motor-M during a church service to photograph members of the congregation 
and no one has turned their head or given any other sign that they have 
noticed in any way. That is quiet enough for me.

Gerry
www.gwpics.com


>From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Leica Motor-M or Rapidwinder
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:50:14 -0500
>
>"B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >the Rapidwinder is no noisier than the normal
> >shutter advance
>
>Er, no.
>
>The Rapidwinder is louder during advance because it has
>to advance the film by rotating the motor-coupling shaft
>at the bottom of the camera.  More gears turning, more
>tourque, louder sound.  (Measure it!)
>
>The quietest way to advance a leica is to take your time
>and slowly wind the standard wind-on film advance.
>Andrew Nemeth
>
>----
>I would contend, Andrew, that if you have to "measure it" to tell the
>difference then there is no difference in the real world.
>
>And you can use the rapid wind as a slow wind and be hard pressed to hear
>it - although very slowly advancing the standard lever may be a mite
>quieter.
>
>B. D.
>
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