Re: [Leica] no off switch on M6

[Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>]

Milos Kocman wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Am prompted by a recent complaint about the cheap Yashica's absence of a
> power off switch to report all the hassle I am having with my M6 and Domke
> Camera Satchel. 
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I use a soft release and in order to avoid tripping the shutter when the
camera is in the bag I have made a plastic 'thingie' that slips under
the soft release between it and the camera. I haven't yet found the
exact thickness of plastic to prevent actuation of the meter but my
current 'thingie' is thick enough to prevent accidental release of the
shutter. I just fabricated it out of a piece of scrap polyethelyene. 
I'm looking for something just the right thickness to 'snap' in and not
allow the meter to be actuated.  

Right now its just a rounded square shape, I punched a hole in it and
used scissors to cut inward to the hole, angled so it sort of has a
keyhole look.  Easy to slip on and holds tight even though its too thin
and can just spin around. Once I find the right thickness I thought I
might use a thin cord to make a tether to hold it on the strap when not
in use.

If anyone has access to polyethelyene of the right thickness I would
like to try making one and seeing if it prevents meter actuation too.

Oh, the poly I used just happened to be red ;-)

Dennis