Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It seems terribly ironic, but when I have an Abrahamsson mini soft release on the M7 with the Leica Motor M I never notice the shutter backlash. The one-handed shooting tips the scale. Gilbert On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 08:27 PM, Paul Chefurka wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:39:51 -0800, Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com> > wrote: > >> >> Unfortunately, the Leica motor for M cameras has a terrible, massive >> design flaw: It bangs the shutter release into your finger for each >> frame it shoots, jostling the whole camera/lens around in your hand. >> Ok, so someone said that it's a result of the M having a mechanical >> shutter release (or something like that) but don't the Nikon F and F2 >> have mechanical shutter releases too? I can't remember the motors for >> *those* cameras banging the crap out of your shutter finger... > > Whether or not Leica screwed up the design (which we have no way of > knowing, not being mechanical engineers ourselves), I have to say that > the > shutter button lashback is a pretty minor issue once you get around to > taking pictures with the camera instead of just pushing the button to > see > what it feels like. > > Compared to the amount of commotion that goes on in your hands when > using > an RW, the Motor-M is a model of urbane understatement. IMNSHO. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html