[Leica] M8 Neckstrap Failure

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Its the same strap that's on my R4SP which is at least 13 years old, and 
still works just fine.  I would speculate this is just a random part failure 
due to normal production failures, and not a new trend.

gene

-------------- Original message from lkhermann <lkhermann@bresnan.net>: 
-------------- 


> At 07:20 PM 3/25/2007, you wrote: 
> >Lee, 
> > 
> >Look closely. Others report that the hardware and plastic used on 
> >the M8 strap are different from earlier Leica straps, especially the 
> >plastic used. 
> > 
> >Jim Nichols 
> >Tullahoma, TN USA 
> > 
> >>At 05:32 PM 3/25/2007, you wrote: 
> >>>Holy cr@p. 
> >>> 
> >>>Can't even get the neckstrap right. 
> >>> 
> >>>So it's off for a Passport replacement right? I mean the body. 
> >>> 
> >>>...Vick 
> >> 
> >>Come on Vick, give them a break. The strap on my M8 is identical 
> >>with the one on my M6, which has served well for 16 years. 
> >> 
> >>Lee 
> 
> Jim, 
> Thank you for your good advice. I have Leica straps 
> attached to an M3, M6, MP and M8 and an SL and 2 loose straps. I 
> have examined all of these. 
> 
> I have looked carefully and I must apologize to Vick, in 
> that the original strap on the M6 had a different metal attaching 
> ring. I guess that I took the strap off when the camera was serviced 
> and apparently got a different strap on it when it returned. All of 
> the straps appear to be made of identical material with rubber pads 
> which show slightly different letters "Leica". The metal connecting 
> "rings" are differently shaped. The owner's manuals of the M6 and 
> the MP show straps with rings which are different, the MP strap 
> attachement photos being identical to the M8 strap attachment. 
> 
> This story is even more complicated in that when I examined 
> my MP strap, I discovered that one of the plastic slides, which hold 
> the ring and the strap together attached to the camera, had a 
> significant break and I suspect that this camera could have crashed 
> to the ground some time in the future. THANKS FOR THE 
> WARNING! The strap and the ring and the plastic slider, on the 
> MP, appear identical in all ways I can determine to that on the 
> M8. This suggests that the M8 does not have a "new" strap. I guess 
> that if Leica got it wrong, they got it wrong at least a couple of 
> years ago. 
> It would seem I was wrong, the life expectancy of the strap 
> may to be on the order of 2 to 3 years rather than over 16, based on 
> my experience. 
> 
> Thanks again! 
> Lee 
> 
> 
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