Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 22:15:58 -0400 >From: Patrick Giagnocavo <a222@redrose.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Oft rumored Motor Drive for R8 > >SP wrote: ><snipped Germenglish> > >Summary: > >CH - Continuous High - 4.5 FPS >CL - Continuous Low - 2 FPS >S - Single - single wind >680 grams with battery pack > >article claims it is very quiet > >automatic bracketing support, selectable in half or full EVs > >quick charger for rechargeable batteries gives recharge in 1 hour; >charger can be driven by various power sources, incl. car battery > >approx 1000 exposures before recharge needed > >price approx 1500 DM (quote.yahoo.com says this is > >interview seems to indicate one of the design goals was functioning in >temperatures down to -20 (Celsius I would assume). > >I couldn't quite figure out what he was talking about with NiMH >batteries. > >I hate to say it, but other camera companies do seem to have figured out >how to make motor drives that work. > >Didn't the Canon T90 have 4.5FPS motor drive, like 10 years ago? And >Olympus had 5FPS on the OM1n as well? > >The 3 year lag is a black mark on Leica. > >./patrick > ################## I agree with you : they spent 3 years (and more) to "study" a motor whose specifications are very common. Only the price is uncommon! But we are on the Leica planet and the teletransportation from our good old earth is expensive ;-). BTW for less than 1,500 DEM I've bought recently a C**** EOS 50 with a battery pack and the EF 28-105 ! And when I put on the camera my elmarit R-90 with an adapter, I had a dream : Leica was going to produce AF lenses for Canon and Nikon. Dominique Pellissier