Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Over on RFF, an M8 owner posted the following warning based on his recent experience. I thought it important enough to repeat here: This is a public service announcement: I was street shooting yesterday M8 on shoulder when I heard a horrible "thud." I look over my shoulder and on the concrete and there lys my pampered chrome M8. I inspect the Leica provided neck strap and the plastic collar was missing so the strap came off the steel clasp. I had never noticed problematic clasp before this time. At first inspection the strap on my M8 seemed to be the same as the one that came with my M6 ten years ago (my M6 strap served me for ten years on three contents and Oceania and still serves to this day). Further examination shows the plastic sleeve on the M8's strap to be of a brittle and different plastic. This is a ticking time bomb for anyone who relies on their provided neck strap to hold their M8's around their necks. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA