Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you look here, (I found this on flickr) You'll see there is no ring around the button, like later M's http://www.flickr.com/photos/fondazza1943/favorites/with/6272227599/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fondazza1943/favorites/with/3728024024/lightbox/ and compared to the security of the M4 : http://www.cameraquest.com/LeicaM4G.htm You can see how it might be a weakness in the design. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Same here, George! I have to press the lens release in pretty hard to get > the lens off and can't imagine doing it accidently. Maybe it's different > on the M4-P? I haven't used that one. > > Tina > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com > >wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA