Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree about soft releases on the M3s. I don't use the soft release on mine. I do find the soft release needed for best results on my M4-2s and my M6.. Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Soft release > Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > > > > > .....I lost my soft release and haven't replaced it yet. I probably need to > > > buy a half dozen. They're great, but they seem to escape easily. > > > > > > Dave > > > ....... > > > > I'm amazed at the number of posters using "soft releases". To me the Leica > > M3 shutter button is already the world's best, and doesn't need anything > > extra. I use M2,3,4's; does the M6 have a rougher feel? > > > > Alan M-R > > > The design on the M3 IS the best and the ones which came later were not the same > at all. > The M3 has a dish cavity you can ROLL your finger into during release. > When i eventually get an M3 that will be the only body I'll not be using softies with. > I got some loctite last week and some other different color softies. > They really are nice. I loose a frame every so often but it doesn't throw me. > Less so because i am now using camera straps, Domke's, instead of putting > strapless cameras into small bags. > > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html