Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Changing the lugs is not too expensive if you get it done before the camera falls. :) :0. If the lugs are pretty well worn at this point I would probably change them out relatively soon. Unless you have a true mint collectable camera the changed lugs should be an advantage.. Don On 6/4/06, G Medina <leicamshooter@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thanks... my concern with using the current steel > rings is that they wear away the soft brass lugs on > the older M's. I had a M3 that I used an M6 strap > with, and the lugs were pretty worn by the end of a > long two week photo trip in Paris. Thanks! > > --- Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Gonzalo, > > At least in Atlanta, most traditional hardware > > stores sell a variety of > > chrome split rings that I have used on cameras in > > the past. I am not sure I > > have ever seen brass ones in the U.S. Another > > source is a camera store, a > > lot of inexpensive straps come with the rings and > > sometimes the staff > > collect them as most cameras have lugs built in that > > take the strap and not > > a ring. > > > > Don > > don.dory@gmail.com > > > > > > On 6/4/06, G Medina <leicamshooter@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > Anybody know where I can get brass camera strap > > rings? > > > I had two that came with the M-strap I ordered > > from > > > M-classic bags a couple years ago, but I wonder if > > > anyone knows of another possible source. As I > > recall, > > > M-classics isn't selling leather M straps anymore. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Gonzalo > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > > for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > > more information > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >