[Leica] had a lens fall off myLeica M4-P

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

I've only had it happen once with my M4-2, by 
inadvertently holding a finger on the lens release 
button while focusing a Summicron 50 to as close as 
possible.

Douglas


On 22.03.2013 16:20, Sonny Carter wrote:
> 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