Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:15 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." > George, I think there's something about the lock on the M4-2 and M4-P that is different. I never had an issue with any other Leica, and I've had CL , CLE, M2, M3 , M4, M4-2, M5, M6 M7, M8, M9. Only with the M4-2 I lost that one lens, and had another near miss. Sonny -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA