Taka, You haven't checked out enough new cameras. Granted, Pentax rewind is noisy, however, Canon and others offer models that have an almost silent rewind mode.
Bruce Tuesday, June 04, 2002, 2:38:33 PM, you wrote: T> I have the Motor Drive A (as you may have seen w/ my posts T> regarding some problems I've had w/ it) and actually, the camera T> feels really nice in my hands w/ the drive. I actually prefer T> handling the camera this way- the camera w/o the drive feels a T> bit too small and unwieldy with a telephoto on it. T> On the other hand, the camera feels absolutely silly when I have T> a small lens on it. Yes, it's very loud! I don't mind that, I'll T> turn it off if I have to shoot more quietly. T> You know one thing I really dislike about the new cameras? The T> auto-rewinding feature is really noisy. With a manual rewind crank, T> I can virtually silently rewind. With the newer cameras w/ built-in T> winders, there is no manual backup and the rewinding is really loud. T> Taka T> -----Original Message----- T> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alan Chan T> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:38 PM T> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T> Subject: RE: Big announcement coming up >>Hey, >>That would make my Super A "professional?" T> U bet! With MDA, it's big, it's heavy, and it's LOUD! Clearly another T> marketing failure. :) T> regards, T> Alan Chan T> _________________________________________________________________ T> Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com T> - T> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go T> to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit T> the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . T> - T> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, T> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to T> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
