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Accessory
Leica Soft Release Button, Brass, Blasted Finish
Threaded soft release button in brass with blasted finish — extends the M-body shutter throw and softens the press.
The Soft Release Button is a small threaded brass button that screws into the M body's shutter release. Brass with a blasted finish — a matte, slightly textured surface that takes patina with use. The button extends the shutter throw upward by a few millimetres, which softens the press and makes very long exposures and handheld slow-shutter work less jarring.
Position in the lineup
The Soft Release Button is the accessory that signals familiarity with M-system photography rather than ownership of a Leica body. Within Leica's catalog it ships in multiple finishes — chrome, anodized aluminum, brass — at the same price; the brass blasted finish is the version that ages most visibly. It threads into every modern M body with a threaded release, and into many other cameras that share the same cable-release thread (Fujifilm X-Pro and X100 series among them).
Specifications
- Material
- Brass
- Finish
- Blasted (matte, takes patina with use)
- Thread
- Standard cable-release thread
- Fits
- Every modern M body with a threaded shutter release (M11 family, M EV1, M-A, M6, M7)
- Cross-compatibility
- Same thread used by Fujifilm X-Pro, X100 series, and other cameras with cable-release thread
- Made in
- Germany
Threaded soft release button in brass with blasted finish — extends the M-body shutter throw and softens the press.
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