[Leica] M7 locking - super brilliant follow up

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Another brilliant move, to me anyway, of Maitani, is to have no on-off 
switch on the OM-4. Slight press of the shutter button and the camera is 
ready. How simple is that?

At 08:08 AM 11/16/2004, B. D. Colen wrote:

>See...Fucking Leica can't get ANYTHING right. Shouldn't they have
>provided warnings, and diagrams, in the owners manual, alerting you to
>the possibility that you might do this? In fact, shouldn't there have
>been a warning sticker on the camera's top plate. THIS is why Leica is
>going down the tubes.
>
>:-) :-)
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>eric
>Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:02 AM
>To: LUG
>Subject: [Leica] M7 locking - super brilliant follow up
>
>
>ok ok - I have to admit this one publicly.
>Remember my M7 locking question?
>Recap: My M7 occasionally locks during rapid shooting.
>
>Follow-up:
>It happened again yesterday during a shoot.
>I calmly sat down and tried to figure out what happened.
>Seems my right index finger has been accidentally hitting the M7's "off"
>lever.
>
>The fix?
>I turned it back on.
>
>Eric
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