Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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? Scott