Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] M8 grip
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun Mar 18 17:48:25 2007
References: <031920070125.3401.45FDE6740003EBCF00000D49219791332903010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

I don't find the M8 slippery either.

Len


On Mar 18, 2007, at 9:25 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

> I must be in the minority, my hands seem to stick to the M8 body  
> pretty well.  Same covering as the MP, which everyone thought was  
> really grippy.  I guess I'm just confused.  ;-)
>
> Gene
>
> -------------- Original message from Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org>:  
> --------------
>
>
>> 2007-03-18-15:04:46 Sonny Carter:
>>> Those clever engineers at Solms moved the baseplate locking key  
>>> to the
>>> opposite end, I presume to thwart aftermarket grip makers.
>>
>> I betcha it won't stop Tom Abrahamsson! The M8 is slippery as a  
>> little
>> bar of soap, and the official Leica grippy base is a little flexy and
>> flimsy feeling. I can't wait for whatever magic comes from his labs.
>>
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