Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] MD-12
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 14:09:22 -0600 (Central Standard Time)

Nah, not louder, just clunky looking and had battery pack/connector 
problems....I had a coupla them for years....
Walt

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 19:46:31 +0100 thibault collin 
<tc-lnc@u-picardie.fr> wrote:Nah
> Sorry Donal, 
> 
> you're damn wrong!
> The MD1/2 for the F2 is much louder than the MD4!
> We will have to ask Walt, but I also think that the F36 for the F was much
> louder than all of the motors we mentionned!!
> Thib.
> 
> 
> At 10:44 01/03/1999 -0800, you wrote:
> >Greg Locke wrote:
> >> Nikon got it right with
> >> the F3/MD-4 combination so I don't know why it was so hard to make the
> >> FM/MD-12 work
> >
> >Had a model one time purr, "Oooohh, I just love the sound of that
> >camera, it just turns me on."  
> >
> >No, we weren't doing that kind of photography, and I'm not telling what
> >happened later.
> >
> >The F3 has to get the award for loudest motor.  Even beats the
> >M-winder.  Perfect for dubbing into movies showing photographer using an
> >M with no motor.
> >
> >donal
> >-- 
> >Donal Philby
> >San Diego
> >http://www.donalphilby.com
> >
> >