Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M motor drive/winder/RabidWinder
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:09:29 -0500

M6= 1954 camera with 1963 metering system
M7= 1954 camera with 1972 metering system
:-)

B. D.

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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John
Collier
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:06 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] M motor drive/winder/RabidWinder


If by "burst" you mean continuous, then the M-Motor will do about three 
frames a second. I think the original poster used burst to imply five 
frames a second or more. The M6 was not designed in the eighties. It is 
a simple adaption of the M3. The M cameras were never designed with a 
Motor/Winder in mind. They need an electronic connection between the 
M/W and the body.  As with all purely mechanical M/Ws (including Nikon) 
you have to be careful when using the slow shutter speeds.

John Collier

On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 07:54 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Isn't it embarrassing to see that a 30 year old Nikon and it's ancient

> motor drive pushing an SLR with it's flip-flop mirror can do a burst 
> of exposures; and a newly designed Leica Motor cannot?  The Leica M-6 
> was designed looong after the Nikon F2 and it's motor drive was 
> obsolete.
>
> Even the old clockwork MOOLY could do burst exposures.

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