Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 winder problems
From: "Mark Hammons" <astair@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 07:53:10 -0600

>On 08-02-1999 10:09 Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>>If the winder is quirky how about the motor? Isn't than an option? Has
>>it been around longer, made more solid. Maybe it's worth the added
>>weight and cost if it has less problems?
>
>The motordrive is not anticipated before the end of 1999... :-(
>I remember about a year ago when it was said on the Leica webpages that 
>we would have it by the end of 1998. Just check now...
>In fact, the absence of a real motordrive has become a major 
>embarrassment for the people at Leica, or so I have been told.
>
>Pascal
>NO ARCHIVE
>


How hard can it be to design, test and manufacture a motor drive?
How long have they been working on it?

Mark Hammons