john_tucson Posted January 20, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 20, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) the motor drive M 14408 it can use with leica mp? I'm not sure cause i saw it can be use with leica m6,but never seen in leica mp. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CalArts 99 Posted January 20, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 20, 2014 Leica Camera AG - Photography - LEICA MOTOR M FOR MP & M7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 22, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 22, 2014 Leica Camera AG - Photography - LEICA MOTOR M FOR MP & M7 I do not understand what they mean by, "It (the motor winder) cannot be used in conjunction with lenses that employ viewfinder attachments." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted January 22, 2014 Share #4 Posted January 22, 2014 I can imagine that the lenses with spectacles can not be mounted or unmounted while the motor is attached because the handle gets in the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted January 23, 2014 Share #5 Posted January 23, 2014 Problematic with the handle is also, that unlike on a digital M with the accessory grip the Motor M handle swings towards the lens, when opening/ closing the film camera (the latch is on the opposite side from digital camera base plates). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalArts 99 Posted January 23, 2014 Share #6 Posted January 23, 2014 What Dirk says is what the issue probably is. Because you have to latch the hook onto the camera body (just like a non-motor base), the handle has to be able to move directly towards the lens. The handle is on the same side as the latch. This video (at 46 seconds in) shows it: I bought one used a year or so ago. However it makes a kind of recoil on the shutter button and I didn't like that feeling so I ended up selling it. But you can find them used for a respectable price and they do work well as a motor advance (plus the handle is nice.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted January 24, 2014 Share #7 Posted January 24, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I find, they make really long, large and heavy lenses on a M a pleasure to shoot, although the whole system then feels like a bowling ball in your hand ;-) Try a Nikkor 85/1.5 or one of those vintage all brass super speed telephotos around wartime with that Motor-M. Other than that I ended up not using mine as for the reasons, Cal is naming. I also find the procedure of attaching and removing the Motor-M doesn't work well with my brain (it forces tension on the film advance and a correct procedure to attach and remove the motor is necessary). These reasons might be the cause for the low second hand prices of the Motor-M - I like the Leicavit A LOT more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 25, 2014 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2014 I like the Leicavit A LOT more. Have you had an opportunity to try the Abrahamsson Rapid Winder? To me it is smoother than the Leicavit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted February 2, 2014 Share #9 Posted February 2, 2014 Have you had an opportunity to try the Abrahamsson Rapid Winder? To me it is smoother than the Leicavit. I never had the pleasure to handle one of Tom Abbrahamsson's Rapid Winders, but I keep hearing, that they are a technical improvement from the Leicavit. From time to time they also are offered second hand on the known forums, but are always snapped up within minutes … I shoot very little 35mm film now and keep it with one M-Motor and one Leicavit for now. Somehow the M Mono has killed 35mm film for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcg Posted February 2, 2014 Share #10 Posted February 2, 2014 I've used a rapidwinder on my M7 for many years. Upside - they are great. Downside - you sure get through a lot of film! Needs discipline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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