Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been using Tom's releases now for several months. I don't think I can go back. A $10 ($14 here in Canada!) accessory for a multi thousand dollar camera doesn't seem like that big a sacrifice, especially when it adds so much utility to the camera. And I agree, they look as if they were made for the camera....wait a minute...they were! Dan C. At 02:10 PM 16-11-98 +0100, you wrote: >N. B. Watson wrote: >> >> Please pardon my apparent ignorance, but how (aside from the >> assortment of colours) do these $10 soft releases improve upon the >> ones from Kalt or Hama which my local dealer sells for $1.95? > >It takes about 5 seconds after opening the package to appreciate why >Tom's SoftReleases cost $10 and not $1.95. They fit perfectly on >M cameras. And I mean *perfectly*. After you've mounted one, you'll >forever wonder why Leica didn't supply them as standard. > >They offer much better control than the scalloped softreleases of most >other manufacturers, because the gentle convex surface allows more >finger positions. Strange as it may sound, using a softrelease makes >it feel like the cameras been stripped, relubed and reassembled, it is >so smooth. > >Well worth the price. You get Ergonomic, Functional, Beautiful, >Durable, *and* Choice for just $10. That doesn't happen often. > > >M. > >-- >Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | >Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just "DOHH" it! >SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ >Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho > >