Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:54 AM, David Lykes Keenan wrote: > I can't be the first person that has almost lost a lens by it falling off a > Leica M4-P by unknowingly pressing the lens release button. > > This has happened to me frequently. The last time it happened this > afternoon the lens literally came off and I fumbled with it before catching > it otherwise it would've hit the pavement. > > Are there any tricks or accessories that I might not know about that will > prevent this from happening again? Otherwise I feel like I'm going to have > to get rid of this camera before I lose a lens for sure. > > Any comments? In well over 40 years using M2, M3, 4 different M6s and an M8 I've never experienced "unknowingly pressing the lens release button;" nor ever had a lens "fall off." Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist