Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina's remark is interesting. Since the outcome of the first M-3 in 1954 it's the first time I hear this. Somebody in the sixties said putting a lens on a Leica M and turn it to close it was like closing the door of a Swiss Vault. You turn the lens, feel a slight resistance, turn it a little further and then you feel and hear a click. The systhem itself over the years hasn't been changed. Others copied it. Research for the then new bayonnet systhem began before WWII. The newer the lens and or the camera the harder it feels in the beginning. Maybe the systhem became sloppy or a locking piece or spring broke down. A good technician must be able to check and repair it without opening the whole camera. This begins from above, way down to the bottom. I did have some problems with my Leica M-4/2 when putting it on a winder. It worked perfectly without a film in it but not with a film inside. It was new and so it went back to Wetzlar for a few weeks. Regards and good luck, Cedric 2013/3/22 Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>: > If you look here, (I found this on flickr) You'll see there is no ring > around the button, like later M's > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fondazza1943/favorites/with/6272227599/lightbox/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fondazza1943/favorites/with/3728024024/lightbox/ > > and compared to the security of the M4 : > > http://www.cameraquest.com/LeicaM4G.htm > > You can see how it might be a weakness in the design. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > >> Same here, George! I have to press the lens release in pretty hard to get >> the lens off and can't imagine doing it accidently. Maybe it's different >> on the M4-P? I haven't used that one. >> >> Tina >> >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:15 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." >> > >> > Regards, >> > George Lottermoser >> > george at imagist.com >> > http://www.imagist.com >> > http://www.imagist.com/blog >> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information