Re: [Leica] Power switch

[bfranson@greennet.net (Bill Franson)]

I'm glad someone else thinks the FM2 design is flawed. Compared to the rest
of the field with their auto, motor, ... the M6 doesn't have enough power
coursing through it to warrant a switch.

Bill Franson

>> Interesting to note, after all the jury-rigging
>> we've done to circumvent this problem, I picked up a friend's Nikon FM2n
>> this morning, and with the wind lever pressed in to the body, the shutter
>> button/meter switch is securely locked; pop the winder out to the ready
>> position and it unlocks.  
>
>
>I have a Nikon FM2. How annoying is it when you're taking vertical-format
>shots and the damn wind lever digs into your forehead?
>
>How comfortable is it to have to jam your thumb between the housing and the
>wind lever, especially as the leverage of your forehead against the lever
>threatens to crush it?
>
>How annoying is it, when you forget to jam your thumb inbetween the housing
>and the lever, the camera switches off, just as you are going to release
>the shutter?
>
>How stupid is that particular design?