Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]James Isn't it embarrassing to see that a 30 year old Nikon and it's ancient motor drive pushing an SLR with it's flip-flop mirror can do a burst of exposures; and a newly designed Leica Motor cannot? The Leica M-6 was designed looong after the Nikon F2 and it's motor drive was obsolete. Even the old clockwork MOOLY could do burst exposures. Jerry James Michael Lennon wrote: > Original Message: > > I currently use a RadibWinder, and find it works great. I am > considering one of the M motor winders. There appear to be two. One > is an older model, which is about 2" tall...and I don't like the idea > of adding 2" to the size of my camera. The second one is the new one > with the hand grip. I really don't want the hand grip, but think I > could live with it (and may even come to like it). Whose got > something to say about this? > > Austin > > The new Motor M drives are wonderful. They are light weight, > ergonomic, and quiet. They do not have the ability to fire as rapidly > as most professional Nikon and Canon motor/cameras fire. But they are > certainly adequate for work that does not require the ability to > shoot a burst of exposures. > > For the past twenty years, I have used motor drives on all of my > cameras Nikon/Leica when the situation called for it and they can be > a terrific asset. The current Motor M is far superior in every way to > the older motor drives. > > -- > 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