Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Shutter Release
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 09:06:31 -0700

An Abrahamsson soft release will completely cure this problem. They will
come in Black, Silver, and Red.

Jim


At 07:12 AM 6/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings, everyone.
>
>Just picked up a nice chrome M6 to use with my Canadian 35 2.0 Summicron,
>so thought it would be a great time to join the list. Have already seen a
>few familiar faces here from other venues...
>
>I previously owned an M4-2. Currently, most of my SLR work is done with
>Contax. I had let the M4-2 sit around for a few months unused, and went
>back to it for a couple of days. I had forgotten how simple and easy it was
>to use! But it also made me wonder why I used the Leica so seldom, and I
>realized it was the hassle of having to carry a separate meter. Upon this
>realization, I took it and a few other goodies down to Wall Street Camera
>and ended up with a very nice deal on a factory demo M6.
>
>I see I am going to love this camera! But I find it has one idiosyncracy.
>The shutter release needs to be pressed very far down when taking a photo,
>so much so that I have to lift my finger to a very high angle. It feels
>quite unnatural. I asked my wife and child to try, and they had less of a
>problem, perhaps because my fingers are larger.
>
>Does anyone else find this to be a problem? Does anyone have a solution?
>I'm thinking of getting one of those release buttos that screw into the
>shutter cable release, but that seems kinda tacky on a Leica. Although it's
>funny--Wall Street had another Leica with one attached.
>Regards,
>
>
>Denton Taylor
>_______________________________
>Photogallery at www.dentontaylor.com
>