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[OM] Re: eBay Item 3845289499 (Motor Drive 2) comments please

Subject: [OM] Re: eBay Item 3845289499 (Motor Drive 2) comments please
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:53:40 +0000
I agree with Iwert.  I have four MDs (two 2s and two 1s) and four winders.  I 
can't help but prefer the MDs, especially the 2s, but most of the reasons for 
that preference are purely subjective: looks and sounds cooler, has more 
buttons and an LCD frame counter.  Did I mention is sounds way more better?

Objectively, the disadvantages, like dying Ni-Cd packs and the necessity to 
recharge regularly, may well make the winders the sensible and practicaal 
choice if you don't need the speed.  I rarely -- actually, nearly never -- 
shoot at 5 FPS, but I still prefer the motor drives.  So much for logic.  If I 
were really logical, would I be a Zuikoholic and here?

One real advantage, though: I do a fair amount of bird and wildlife 
photography.  Sometimes in below-freezing weather I'll stick the OM-3 (which 
works just fine, of course, when the batteries go kaput in the cold) outside on 
a tripod with a motor drive, while I sit inside by the fire with the M.18V 
Control Grip in one hand and an appropriate beverage in the other, monitoring 
the proceedings through a window.  I'm not sure how long a winder would keep 
going in those conditions.  

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from 
the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
Edward Weston


-------------- Original message from "iwert" : -------------- 

> 
> 
> > 
> > Maybe I should stick to the Winder 2? 
> > 
> > What, in practical terms, is the advantage of the Motor Drive over the 
> Winder? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > Simon 
> 
> The MD's are heavier, more fps (5 <> 2.5) and with MD2 on OM-3's and 4's 
> motorized rewind (nice humming sound!). If you don't need more then 2.5fps: 
> stick with your winder2! 
> 
> Iwert. 
> 
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