Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An Abrahamsson soft release will completely cure this problem. They will come in Black, Silver, and Red. Jim At 07:12 AM 6/20/98 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings, everyone. > >Just picked up a nice chrome M6 to use with my Canadian 35 2.0 Summicron, >so thought it would be a great time to join the list. Have already seen a >few familiar faces here from other venues... > >I previously owned an M4-2. Currently, most of my SLR work is done with >Contax. I had let the M4-2 sit around for a few months unused, and went >back to it for a couple of days. I had forgotten how simple and easy it was >to use! But it also made me wonder why I used the Leica so seldom, and I >realized it was the hassle of having to carry a separate meter. Upon this >realization, I took it and a few other goodies down to Wall Street Camera >and ended up with a very nice deal on a factory demo M6. > >I see I am going to love this camera! But I find it has one idiosyncracy. >The shutter release needs to be pressed very far down when taking a photo, >so much so that I have to lift my finger to a very high angle. It feels >quite unnatural. I asked my wife and child to try, and they had less of a >problem, perhaps because my fingers are larger. > >Does anyone else find this to be a problem? Does anyone have a solution? >I'm thinking of getting one of those release buttos that screw into the >shutter cable release, but that seems kinda tacky on a Leica. Although it's >funny--Wall Street had another Leica with one attached. >Regards, > > >Denton Taylor >_______________________________ >Photogallery at www.dentontaylor.com >