Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I'm sure impressed! Nice job of shovelling all those components in there. I hope that Leica gets feedback about keeping its components small esp for the M system where size is a major part of the exercise anyway. The charger for the M8 isn't bad. Adam On 3/11/07, David Young <telyt@telus.net> wrote: > > Last August, the Brits foiled a plot to put explosives on some 14 > planes. This resulted in an immediate and total ban on cabin luggage > for a few weeks. > > They relaxed the rules, ever so slightly, just 72 hours prior to our > departing for Wetzlar/Solms, via London. The "new" cabin baggage > limits were very small, and it was a real challenge to get the > R8+DMR, a 21/4, 50/2 and 80~200/4 Vario into an 11x14x6" (28x35x15cm) > case. After all, I also needed the DMR's charger, an Image bank with > it's charger and assorted cards,filters and other accessories! It > was done, but packed for space, certainly not convenience. > > I resolved to make what I could, lighter and more compact. The first > target was the DMR's charger, which is oversized for the purpose. > > I have successfully put it on a diet... the revised charger employs > the same circuitry as the original, repackaged in a box that is 55% > smaller, 28% lighter and considerably more convenient. > > Photos of my newly trimmed down DMR charger are at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/charger.htm > > I apologize for the artifacts in some of the shots... they were > downsized using a quick and dirty program which works very will for > small size changes, but not for large ones. > > Cheers! > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >