Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Slobodan, Yes, I'm happy enough to keep buying! Good prices, incredible service and the packages arrive better wrapped than King Tut! Regards, Greg S Dimitrov wrote: >Greg; >Another Dr. Yao happy customer! >I got my stuffed pig from him also. >In my case I went with the winder. For me, It's a much better balance >between the two components. It's slow on single exposures, and picks up >the pace on 2 frames a sec. From what I could surmise by spending a >couple of days with the camera and winder, is that the slow speed keeps >vibration to a minimum. >Between my Rollei and Canon, I've never used the high speed drive >functions. Doing mostly portraits, I tend to be slow and deliberate >using the wind as an assist so as not to be distracted from the subject. >Yesterday, I spent 20 minutes on 24 exposures on 120, and that was >forcing myself to slowdown. All of it on single frame advance. Next time >I'll try the leica on a similar shoot. >Slobodan Dimitrov > > >"Greg J. Lorenzo" wrote: > >>I took Ted Grant's advice (thanks Ted) and purchased the motor drive for >>the R8. >> >>I've standardized by using the M's and Bessa R2 mostly for wide angle to >>90 mm type photos and with the R7 and R8 for longer lenses and studio >>shooting. >> >>Said unit arrived in the mail today from Dr. Yao. >> >>I have not had the opportunity to try it out yet as the battery pack is >>still charging and we've had a foot of snow here since midnight, but the >>fit and finish and overall design appear to be first rate. >> >>I'll post an update after I've shot a few rolls. >> >>Regards, >> >>Greg >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html