Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/02
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This "feature," left over from the LTM days seems to be one that you either
hate or love. Personally I love it. I have seen lots of lenses modified to
defeat the lock. The easiest way seems to be to grind off a small piece of
the part that the locking pin engages. I've also seen some lenses with the
pin end itself reduced in size so that it no longer engages the lock.
Since you recently purchased your M3 I would suggest using it for a while
and see if you don't become accustomed to the lock.
Cheers!
kw
>I recently bought an M3 with a 50mm F2 (rigid) Summicron. All works very
>well and I'm very pleased with the results. However it has one annoying
>feature that I don't like and I don't have a cure. When the lens focus is
>set to infinity, the focus lock engages requiring the user to push the
>button to release the lock in order to focus to a distance other than
>infinity. It seems logical that this feature could be toggled on or off,
>but I can't see how.
>
>Is this something one lives with or am I missing something? I hope it's the
>latter. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>
>Frantz Dantzler
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