[Leica] had a lens fall off myLeica M4-P

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

Same here, George!  I have to press the lens release in pretty hard to get
the lens off and can't imagine doing it accidently.  Maybe it's different
on the M4-P?  I haven't used that one.

Tina

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:15 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."
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
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>
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