[Leica] Motor wind and shooting style

[clzeni at mindspring.com (Craig Zeni)]

On Dec 1, 2005, at 7:11 PM, Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> I just noticed that with motor wind bodies (g'friends N80 or
> my D70, which isn't motor wind per se), I tend to keep my
> eye to the VF and search out other compositional possibilities.
>
> With my M bodies, Bessa R or FM3a, I take my eye from the
> VF to wind the film.  Yes, I get better at framing shots in advance
> of putting my eye to the VF, but it's definitely different, and I
> I guess I find it something of a distraction.
>
> Which leads me to my inquiry.  Autowind bodies are everywhere
> in inexpensive SLRs with relatively compact dimensions. Heck
> even my little tiny Oly P&S has auto film wind.
>
> So apart from the Hexar RF, why hasn't Leica or Zeiss or CV
> produced bodies with automatic film wind?  The M7 and R2/3a
> and new Zeiss are already battery dependent, automated camera
> bodies, so why not add auto film wind?
>
> Is it an issue of cost? Hard to believe, again, given the auto-wind
> capabilities of most inexpensive P&S cameras.  What am I missing?

The Motor-M?  Makes your M motor driven :)

CZ
NC