Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's impressive - Of course when during the church service did you shoot? I've learned that as soon as there is any degree of ambient noise, multiple conversations, etc., people don't even notice the noise of the Nikon F100, which is quieter than a lot of motor-driven SLRs, but is definitely noisier than the Motor-M. On the other hand, in a quiet room - or a church, for that matter, even the M shutter being released can sound painfully loud - as I learned to my chagrin while shooting a wedding last summer.;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Gerry Walden Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:38 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Leica Motor-M or Rapidwinder 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. > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html