Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] D100 photos
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:42:54 -0500

Hi Brian,

And...along that vain, I believe adding a RabidWinder to the M serves quite
the same purpose, and is easily removable.  I tend to just leave it on, as
the weight does not bother me, and I never know when I am going to need to
shoot at slow speeds.

Austin


> I have a 500-gm metal weight with a hole in the middle, and I can
> attach it to the tripod mount of any camera. I've never used it
> on my Leica, but I've used it often on my Canon T90 when I want
> to shoot at low shutter speeds. It makes the camera vibrate much
> less when the SLR mechanisms start moving and grinding and clunking.
>
> I've seen, but never used, gyroscopic mounts that weigh about the
> same, but have a small motor-driven gyroscope in them to hold the
> camera more steady.

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