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Re: [OM] soft touch shutter release?

Subject: Re: [OM] soft touch shutter release?
From: Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:05:45
At 10:39 PM 10/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>"Soft releases" dramatically raise the profile of the release button which
>is usually protected from unusual impact.  The soft release is the first
>thing to get hit when pressure is put on the top cover, and this often
>breaks off release levers in the wind mechanism.
>Of special note is that the lever in the 2 and 2N that breaks off is long
>gone and out of production.
>>From product longevity, do not use a "soft rel;ease".  IMO
>

I was referring to a low, flat button that screws into the shutter release
(where a cable release screws in). 

Be seeing you.

Dirk Wright


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