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Difference between Motor Drive and Motor Winder for R8


Joachim123

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I am considering adding an R8 body as a back up to my R4. I dont like to wind film by hand and love the R4 motor drive. I noticed that there are two different drives: The R8 motor winder and the R8 motor drive. Does anyone know the difference and what are the advantages of the motor drive vs winder?

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I own the R8 and the Motor-Drive.

I do agree that it adds considerable weight, but it does add two additional shutter release buttons (vertical and horizontal shooting).

I must say, the additional (horizontal) shutter button is brilliant - I wonder why they couldn't do that in the first place...

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I have an R8 with motor, and indeed it is the quietest motor drive I've never heard. Another brilliant feature of the motor drive is its auto bracketing function. The drive will fire off three quick shots, one at nominal exposure, one over and one under by the amount of EV you set the switch to.

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