[Leica] Single shots with the R8 Winder

["GBicket" <GBicket@email.msn.com>]

Rene,

Unlike the R8's new motor drive, the winder has no shutter release buttons
of its own.  The winder is actived by releasing the shutter release on the
body.

It takes a little getting used to, because in using the winder if one does
not imediately "lift off" the shutter release button, the camera will fire
again.  But after becoming accustomed, it is not necessary to lift the
rewind arm to limit the camera to a single shot, simply don't linger with
the shutter release button held down.

By the way, if you are deciding between the two, the winder's speed make it
more of an electric thumb than a device suited to fast sequence photography.
If you need speed, it's the motor drive you want, not the winder.

Enjoy your new R8.  And enjoy the light.

Greg