Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Kim: Dr. Black Tape can understand your confusion. A "softie" is a soft shutter release button designed and manufactured by Tom Abramson. It is a wide button that screws into the cable thread in the shutter release and greatly improves the smoothness of the release - some say it can give you an additional hand-holdable speed - i.e., if you can hold at a 15th of a second without the softie, you can hand-hold at an 8th with the softie. The only drawback to the softie is that, because it sticks up from the top of the body, it is easilly tripped in the camera bag or by the users clothing. Thus the rubber band. When looped around the softie it keeps the shutter being accidentally tripped. Many LUGers, however, like Jim Brick, eschew such foppery and prefer the naked softie in all it's glory. Dr. Black Tape is impressed! > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Edmond Kim > Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 7:33 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Dear Dr. Black Tape (was Rubber bands and Softies) > > > I apologize for my ignorance, but what are Softies, and why do I > need black 2 > inch rubber bands with them? > > >