[Leica] SF 20 and M7 problem

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Something's amiss. Mine fits and removes without problem and of course the 
shoe dimensions are not camera specific. Perhaps a burr
on the plastic foot material, since you say it happens on two M7's. Must be 
very annoying. Perhaps worth trying just attaching any
other hot shoe flash gun, even if electrically incompatible, just to confirm 
that there has been no dimensional change between
models, (tighter tolerance?). Incidentally, if you get it sorted out, you 
can use both a Nikon and a Contax TTL flash lead to move
the flash off the shoe to a bracket. You will still retain all of the TTL 
functionality.
Cheers
Hoppy 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Leonard Taupier
Sent: Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:49
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] SF 20 and M7 problem

Nope. That's not the problem. With the thumbscrew all the way  
loosened it has to be forced off. On an M6 it comes off like a hot  
knife through butter. Both mine and my son's M6s are fine.  I have  
two M7s and they both have the same problem.

Len


On Nov 3, 2006, at 4:41 PM, Bill Grimwood wrote:

> Unscrew the fastner with the thumbscrew and it will slip right off.
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> Bill
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier"  
> <len-1@comcast.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 2:17 PM
> Subject: [Leica] SF 20 and M7 problem
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>> Does anyone have a problem removing the SF 20 from an M7 shoe? I'm  
>> so  afraid I'm going to break something trying, that I stopped  
>> using it.  It works fine on the M6 and just a little snug on an  
>> MP. Is the SF 24  any better? I thought about filing down the  
>> plastic foot but that's  just not right.
>> Len
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