Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not Ted. I don't do aerial photography. But the motor drive by now is a permanent addition to the R8 body. I use the autobracketing of the R8 motor frequently when after birds or insects. Although the winder moved the film fast enough for my purposes, the autobracket feature is what convinced to change to the motor drive. I've found, though, that generally the slide taken at the uncompensated exposure is the best of the three. Roy On Thursday 25 April 2002 01:11 pm, Gary Todoroff wrote: > Ted - since you're commenting on the R8, any pearls of wisdom from you on > the motor drive vs. the winder? I'm especially interested in the auto > bracketing capability of the motor, mostly for aerial photography. Have you > used that feature much? I have an SL and SL2 with lenses: 35/2.8, 50/2 > 90/2.8 180/3.4 (!!) and 280/4.8, and am really looking forward to the > just-purchased R8. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html