[Leica] who is on line for the M8 upgrade?

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Oh no problems here at all. I won't be aiming to use a hair dryer on my M8
anytime soon though. I know the protector is multiple layers for
anti-reflection etc but if you are fusing the glass to the LCD you must have
a thermonuclear hair dryer! Maybe the design has changed. Mine has only a
miniscule line of double sided tape around the edges. 

Cheers
Geoff
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-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Eric Korenman
Sent: Saturday, 13 September 2008 06:46
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] who is on line for the M8 upgrade?

ACK! Don't use it!
I was in love with my Giotto self-adhesive LCD protector mine until it
cracked !

I thought "Ok-- I'll just replace it"
To remove it you deactivate the adhesive with a hair dryer.
Unfortunately, similar glue hold Leica's glass protector to the body.
BOTH giotto protector and glass popped of the camera in one fused piece.

I sent my in to Leica NJ and the fixed (at not charge!)

One week later, the giotto protector on my 5d cracked - seems the
edges are ultra brittle.
It came off cleanly.

I have sworn them off.

Eric

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Geoff Hopkinson
<hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Eric, I thought that the quieter shutter was worthwhile. However some of
> that may be in my mind. I was shooting at a concert and thought that the
> re-cocking noise was intrusive. However, asking the next person they had
not
> heard at all. The extra warranty is worth having though, I think.
> On the display, I found that Giottos market a really neat 'Schott' optical
> glass screen protector that adheres to the edges. It's well made and adds
> virtually no bulk at all. Mine has been on for six months and is in
perfect
> condition. I think only about $20. Mine was from PopFlash.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> -----Original Message-----
> To: LUG
> Subject: [Leica] who is on line for the M8 upgrade?
>
> called Leica NJ and got on line. Colleen says there are 100 or so in
> front of me.
>
> anyone else biting? Me? Shutter (what I want) and new glass back (I'm a
> sucker)
>
> Eric
>
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