Re: [Leica] Rapidwinder

["Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>]

Hi Ted,

What are your thoughts on the Leica Motor Drive for the R8?

I've been considering one for a while?

Regards,

Greg

Ted Grant wrote:

>Robert Schneider wrote:
>
>>>>Then there are those of us who have bought and used RapidWinders (twice
>>>>
>in
>
>>my case -- silly me) and decided that, in fact, they weren't the greatest
>>thing since sliced bread.
>>
>>Now, the new Leica Motor-M . . . that I like.<<<
>>
>
>Hi Rob,
>Good thing there's horse races and slice bread is pretty good! As I'm just
>the reverse to you.:-)
>
>Before I was graced with the RapidWinder I had bought three M motors and
>sold them simply because the first one the camera had to be sent to Leica
>Canada at the time to have the motor synched with one of the bodies. It
>still nearly drove me crazy thunking and clunking everytime I fired it.
>
>Not to mention the constant vibration in the camera each exposure.....Sold
>it! Swearing I'd never buy again.
>
>Then a short time later I was sucked in again with Leica promotion that this
>was a new motor and smoothed out.  Damn if it wasn't the same piece of
>clunking thunking garbage.... sold it swearing never ever to buy again!!!!
>
>Short span memory cards in the head later. By now you're thinking, " the old
>guy lost it a longtime ago if he buys a third one!" ;-)
>
>"Gee you should have this newest of motors as you're always commenting on
>being a left eye shooter and it's too bad Leica didn't have a motor as
>smooth as the R camera motor."  Said the new Leica rep recently arrived from
>Germany.
>
>Yep one more time and I couldn't get rid of it fast enough after two weeks
>of everyday use, I can't stand the clunking and thunking like the camera is
>going to shake itself apart sooner or later from the push rod pumping up and
>down under the shutter release.
>
>So me old son it's the RapidWinder until hell and heaven freeze over, no
>batteries, no clunking and thunking just, "click, swish, click, swish and
>ready to shoot again after two frames. :-)
>
>It's the old thing, different strokes for different folks. ;-)
>
>ted
>Ted Grant Photography Limited
>www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>
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