Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/26

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Subject: [Leica] re: M7 Jam
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Fri May 26 08:16:23 2006
References: <200605260322.k4Q3JwNd089561@server1.waverley.reid.org> <f76c95312695a.44771607@videotron.ca>

I just took the softie off my M7 for the same reason.  No sense 
tempting fate again.


>Eric Korenman wrote:
>
>>
>>  Interesting - I think I jammed mine when I advanced while pressing
>>  slightly on the softie release.
>>
>>  Could the softie be a potential problem facilitating pressing
>>  while advancing?
>>
>
>Indeed I also found that a Softie increased the chances of the 
>advance-release linkage getting fouled when shooting quickly. No 
>good reason why this should happen, but it did, with me, enough, and 
>so now I have a collection of unused Softies in various colours! A 
>man has got to have a hobby. The Leica M release is soft enough as 
>it is, anyway.
>
>But I think too the M7 on-off switch with release lock is not as 
>elegantly done as it should have been and, for that reason, I have 
>given up on the M7 too. Last thing I want is a locked Leica shutter 
>release button, and that was happening, now and then, messing up the 
>advantage of having AE on demand. No problems whatsoever shooting 
>with my unadorned MPs. KISS, as Ted would say.
>
>Emanuel
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick

In reply to: Message from manolito at videotron.ca (manolito@videotron.ca) ([Leica] re: M7 Jam)