Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know there may be fairies at the bottom of you garden but this is a snip from the latest BJP e-mail news. If you DO believe the availability - just in time for the R9 no doubt ;-^) Regards, Doug, Dublin, Ireland Leica motors to 4.5fps Leica has developed a motor drive for its R8 SLR, which gives a shooting rate of up to 4.5 frames per second and will be available early in the new year. The back has two separate release buttons for horizontal and vertical framing. The drive is designed to smoothly match the design of the camera to form a perfectly balanced unit. Costing 598 including VAT in the UK, the drive is said to be extremely quiet in operation. Film loading is automatic to the first frame, leaving the camera ready for immediate operation. There are three selectable framing rates: continuous high (CH) for the 4.5fps maximum rate, continuous low (CL) for up to 2fps and single (S) shot. (Full story in this week's BJP in print) - ------------------------------------------