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Subject: [Leica] had a lens fall off myLeica M4-P
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:20:50 -0500
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:15 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
mac.com>wrote:

>
> On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:54 AM, David Lykes Keenan wrote:
>
> > I can't be the first person that has almost lost a lens by it falling
> off a
> > Leica M4-P by unknowingly pressing the lens release button.
> >
> > This has happened to me frequently. The last time it happened this
> > afternoon the lens literally came off and I fumbled with it before
> catching
> > it otherwise it would've hit the pavement.
> >
> > Are there any tricks or accessories that I might not know about that will
> > prevent this from happening again? Otherwise I feel like I'm going to
> have
> > to get rid of this camera before I lose a lens for sure.
> >
> > Any comments?
>
> In well over 40 years
> using M2, M3, 4 different M6s and an M8
> I've never experienced "unknowingly pressing the lens release button;"
> nor ever had a lens "fall off."
>

George, I think there's something about the lock on the M4-2 and M4-P that
is different.  I never had an issue with any other Leica, and I've had CL ,
CLE, M2, M3 , M4, M4-2, M5, M6 M7, M8, M9.

 Only with the M4-2  I lost that one lens, and had another near miss.

Sonny
-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] had a lens fall off myLeica M4-P)
Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] had a lens fall off myLeica M4-P)
In reply to: Message from ausdlk at gmail.com (David Lykes Keenan) ([Leica] had a lens fall off myLeica M4-P)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] had a lens fall off myLeica M4-P)