Re: Soft Release for LX and MX
Any you can use it as a lapel pin! (AFAHMISP). At 05:51 PM 3/9/2002 -0800, you wrote: Don't complain too much about the price of a genuine Pentax softie ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1336752690 William Robb wrote: Paul, it may or may not be that different. If it meets the criteria that Shel listed, then you got a hell of a good bargain, if the intention is to use it on an LX. I actually quite like the new style LX shutter release as it comes from the factory. Unfortunately, two of my LX's are the old style release, which is not as nice. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX and MX
Well, if there are, I haven't found 'em. The ones for the LX and MX don't fit the ME Super and some of the other Pentax bodies I've tried them on very well (I believe the Program bodies I tried had the problem, too), and the ones I use for the Leica, which fit the ME Super, don't fit the LX and MX. As for the price ... if you can find one at a better price, let me know. They are out there, but finding them and getting then into the country can be a bit of a hassle and quite time consuming. Some people have neither the time, the temperament, nor the resources to track down little bits and pieces like this - and some find them quite valuable. The LX as many little bits and pieces that are getting hard to find. Grips are getting scarce and expensive. Have you looked for the strap attachments recently, or seen what prices they command. Heck, I believe it was Bob Sullivan who bought an entire LX on eBay just to get a set of attachments, and then turned around and resold the camera. That's a lot of time and expense just to obtain a little item like that. Why don't you share with us where you got the $3.00 buttons, and then check them to see which cameras they properly fit, how well they're made, etc. What you may not realize is that the button, in order to work properly on an LX with the shutter lock collar, has to be of a size to fit within the collar upon depressing the release, otherwise it will hit the collar and prevent release of the shutter, and, if the button has too large of a diameter, by only a millimeter or so, it will hit the shutter speed dial on the LX and hang up, and, if large enough, will obscure part of the shutter speed dial on both cameras as well as making it more difficult to adjust the shutter speed. Paul F. Stregevsky wrote: These soft buttons sound way overpriced. I paid about $3 for a metal oversize button that screws into my Super Program's shutter release. It also fits my KX. I can't imagine there isn't one for the LX and MX, or that this wouldn't fit it. Mine has a scooped-out top that mates well with my finger and seems to encourage, or allow, a more gentle press. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX and MX
Shel, I bought my $3 wide release cap at a local camera store in a bubble pack. It was right there with other odds and ends. I didn't realize the LX/MX shutter release was that different. Paul Franklin Stregevsky - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX and MX
- Original Message - From: Paul F. Stregevsky Subject: Re: Soft Release for LX and MX Shel, I bought my $3 wide release cap at a local camera store in a bubble pack. It was right there with other odds and ends. I didn't realize the LX/MX shutter release was that different. Paul, it may or may not be that different. If it meets the criteria that Shel listed, then you got a hell of a good bargain, if the intention is to use it on an LX. I actually quite like the new style LX shutter release as it comes from the factory. Unfortunately, two of my LX's are the old style release, which is not as nice. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX and MX
Don't complain too much about the price of a genuine Pentax softie ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1336752690 William Robb wrote: Paul, it may or may not be that different. If it meets the criteria that Shel listed, then you got a hell of a good bargain, if the intention is to use it on an LX. I actually quite like the new style LX shutter release as it comes from the factory. Unfortunately, two of my LX's are the old style release, which is not as nice. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX and MX
I've had one of these soft releases on my LX for a couple of weeks and i really like it. its greatly improved the feel of the button. - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: FS: Soft Release for LX and MX I have two hard-to-find soft release buttons for the LX and MX cameras. They are $25.00 each plus postage - which will be cheap as the release buttons are small and light. Details here: http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/softie.html -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX
On 31 Mar 2001, at 9:03, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I've just taken delivery of Tom Abrahamsson's soft release for the Leica http://www.rapidwinder.com/2.htm, which is supposed to fit other cameras that use a standard cable release. The soft release works on all my Pentax bodies except the LX - which is the one I most wanted to use it for. Does anyone know if there's a soft release button that will fit the LX? Hi Shel, SHUTTER BUTTON ATTACHMENT LX, Pentax part #30951 BTW, for Leica and users of other cameras that will take this button, it really helps. The shutter operation seems to be smoother because the larger area on which to rest your finger gives a better, easier, more jar-free release, and the button sits higher than the standard release button. I appreciate the added control the soft release provides however the original LX release I find excellent, the later release with the stupid shroud I can appreciate it would benefit. I would like to use the soft release on my Leicas however as there is no way to lock the release and since I often carry them around sans case or bag I would imagine that I would waste many shots since the camera must be wound on to meter TTL. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 Fax +61-2-9554-9259 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX
Hi, one of the things I like about the Leica M bodies is that the top of the camera is flush all the way across, except that the shutter release sticks up by about 1mm within the cup-shaped guard. This is not only nice aesthetically, it also has the great practical benefit of being almost impossible to trigger accidentally and therefore removes the need for a shutter release lock - a beautiful piece of engineering an example of keeping it simple, imo. I always keep the camera wound-on and I've never accidentally fired the shutter of the M3. My worry would be that the soft release, by sitting higher, interferes with this and would lead to rather a lot of accidental firings. I'd be interested to hear your experiences when you've had the softie a while. As an aside, I think that LX2000, and especially its softie, looks horrible. A definite case of gilding the lily. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday, March 31, 2001, 6:03:45 PM, you wrote: [...] BTW, for Leica and users of other cameras that will take this button, it really helps. The shutter operation seems to be smoother because the larger area on which to rest your finger gives a better, easier, more jar-free release, and the button sits higher than the standard release button. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX
On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Bob Walkden wrote: [...] M3. My worry would be that the soft release, by sitting higher, interferes with this and would lead to rather a lot of accidental firings. I'd be interested to hear your experiences when you've had the softie a while. I recently bought a Leica M6. I got a softie for it, just because I has heard so many good things about it. My impression was exactly that, with the softie on I had to be extra careful as to where I put the camera, to avoid accidental firings. Don't even think about putting it inside a jacket pocket. And, as an unrelated note, don't even think about putting an M6 in a jacket pocket and jumping. I dropped my M6 on a stone floor this way, only 4 days after getting it. It is now in the shop getting a new rewind knob. Amazingly, the rangefinder, meter and shutter were intact, as well as the lens that was on the camera at that moment. j -- - Juan J. Buhler | FX Animator @ PDI | http://www.crosswinds.net/~jbuhler - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Soft Release for LX
There was actually one made for the LX. I've only seen one pass by on ebay. I understand it's very rare. Regards, Bob... Give blood. Play hockey. From: "Shel Belinkoff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've just taken delivery of Tom Abrahamsson's soft release for the Leica http://www.rapidwinder.com/2.htm, which is supposed to fit other cameras that use a standard cable release. The soft release works on all my Pentax bodies except the LX - which is the one I most wanted to use it for. Does anyone know if there's a soft release button that will fit the LX? BTW, for Leica and users of other cameras that will take this button, it really helps. The shutter operation seems to be smoother because the larger area on which to rest your finger gives a better, easier, more jar-free release, and the button sits higher than the standard release button. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
