[Leica] Rapidgrip & Competitors

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rapidgrip & Competitors


> Of the two, settling aside price, which
> do you prefer, the current Leicavit or the
> TA Rapidwinder?

Peter,
No contest at all!

Tom Abrahamsson's RapidWinder hands down always first choice without 
question! It's well designed, has few moving parts and works like a dream. 
Quietly! Oh yeah and Rapidly! Nice thing is if you are shooting action and 
with a little practice you can easily shoot 3 frames a second with quick 
wrist, finger action. :-) And silently! And that my friends is a capital 
bonus!

The Leicavit has dozens of bits and pieces and if it crashes and burns you 
have to send it to Leica.

The RapidWinder can in most cases be fixed by yourself if anything ever goes 
wrong, pick-up the phone call Tom who'll walk you through the fixin'! :-) 
Damn clever guy! ;-) After all it is his designed piece of gear.

And not likely will he charge you anything for the "how to fix it" 
conversation. Sure on the odd occasion, like once in a millennium you might 
have to send it to him for servicing. ;-)

No one should have any doubt of a RapidWinder purchase from the master of 
rapid winding machines. ;-) I understand all the M shooters of Magnum use 
his RapidWinder, so what more does one need for a better endorsement than 
that! :-)

ted