The evils of a softrelease

Phantomas

Phantomas

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Everyone loooves a softrelease button. Oh it can do no wrong, oh it's a blessing to us allowing to shoot 2 stops more stable, more comfortable.
Noone told me that one day this softrelese try to kill my camera.

Slipped on a frozen ground today. Fell on my arm. The arm was holding a Nikon F3. F3 had a softrelease attached. Fall-arm-finger-softrelease... shutter button broke. Softrelease drove it somewhere under the rim that surrounds it. Luckily was able to fix it at home. Luckily 1.2 Nokton it had attached at at time didn't break.

So there you go. The cute beloved softrelease button just tried to kill my camera! As a matter of fact I'm gonna hold it responsible for my fall to (everything would have been balanced differently if I didn't have it on!)

BEWARE!


(That's a second f*-up today. Earlier on I was shooting some street musicians (at their own request - great!) and got some nice shots, when, approached by a cute Brazilian friend of mine I forgot what I was doing and opened the camera to change the film... without rewinding it first!
That's it, I'm putting the camera down for today! All camera equipment can shove it!)
 
Salve Phantomas,

I have soft releases for M, screw and Nikon F. I never use any of them: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. (William of Ockham: Do not use anything you do not need).

Vale,

R.
 
It seemed like a good idea to use one with gloves on (admittedly, it was comfortable, without it I either had to fondle to find the button or take the gloves off. Lots of missed opportunities).
 
Even William Morris used a soft release on his F3. For that camera it is VERY USEFUL whether one is wearing gloves or not. :p

To the OP... maybe it is best if you set your camera aside for a while. It sounds like you didn't have a good day. Pick it back up tomorrow; maybe things will go better for you. Also, rather than having a cute Brazilian friend, try a homely Albanian. Less to look at but I hear they make a good wife... and you'll likely not be so distracted as to slip on hte ice or open your camera back without re-rolling film! :)
 
I bought one, thought it sounded like the cat's meow, and hated it. I like to leave my camera cocked whenever it's hanging off my shoulder, by my side, but with the soft release I always got misfires. Put it off to the side and haven't missed it a bit! Plus, I think the old M2 looks best without much on it, just in its pure old beautiful glory...
 
Phantomas said,
"So there you go. The cute beloved softrelease button just tried to kill my camera! As a matter of fact I'm gonna hold it responsible for my fall to (everything would have been balanced differently if I didn't have it on!)" :D

Well, we all have bad days whether it's soft release, car accidents, broken bones, etc. I love the soft release on my M8 and am please to report that I have NOT fallen many times because I had it mounted on my camera :D
 
My soft release is so beautiful that every time I look at it I get dizzy and lose my balance.
 
Phantomas said:
(That's a second f*-up today. Earlier on I was shooting some street musicians (at their own request - great!) and got some nice shots, when, approached by a cute Brazilian friend of mine I forgot what I was doing and opened the camera to change the film... without rewinding it first!.....)
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Perhaps Bottom Loading has an advantage after all?

But then some Brazilians are very very cute and it may not help.

B2 (;->
 
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