Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tom Abrahamsson's Softies [Was: My first M: notes & questions]
From: nbwatson@juno.com (N. B. Watson)
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:58:31 EST

How much improvement, excepting when wearing gloves, does such a "soft
release" make to an M?   I've used so-called soft releases on other
marques before, but never gave the slightest thought to the Leica needing
its release softened.  In fact, I would think that anything which
protrudes above the release would make it more likely to jar the camera
whilst tripping the shutter, than squeezing the "regular" button into its
saucer-like seat with the pad of the finger.   I've been shooting Leica
for almost 40 years with the factory "hard release" and I really want to
know if I've been missing a great thing.

Regards,
Nigel

On Sun, 25 Oct 1998 13:59:38 -0500 "phong (Doan huu Phong)"
<phong@doan-ltd.com> writes:
>Hi Jim & other Softie users,
>
>    I have a problem when using the Softie in that when I reach for
>    the speed dial with my index finger, I often would accidentally 
>trip
>    the shutter realease on my M6.   Have you had the same problem
>    and how do you work around it ?
>
>- Phong
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us 
><leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 1:54 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] [long]My first M: notes & questions
>
>
>>You need the whole package. Tom's release AND Tom's winder. Forget 
>that
>>thumb lever thingie on the top of the camera, except for the very 
>first
>>wind when loading new film. I actually use my Fred Ward soft release 
>rather
>>than Tom's because it is much smaller and thinner. But I used Tom's 
>for the
>>most of my Europe trip in September and have not a single complaint.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>PS... once you use Tom's winder, it's like a microwave, you cannot 
>imagine
>>how you ever got along without it.
>>
>>
>>At 02:19 AM 10/25/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>>
>>>4. I'm still ambivalent about Tom's soft release. On the FA it was
>>>not better than that camera's already superb release. And on the M6
>>>it's great, but when I advance the film the SR seems to catch under
>>>my finger, resulting in a gentle torque on the shutter button. This
>>>causes a LESS smooth release than the plain ol' shutter button.
>>>Any tips?
>>>
>>>Regards, Alexey
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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