[Leica] M8 neckstrap failure

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

Hi Jim,
I suggest using, as I do on all my M's, the Cosina Voigtlander strap  
- the one with the leather scratch protectors and the steel O rings.  
Wonderful design - very classy.
Cheers
Howard (in Hong Kong)
On 26 Mar 2007, at 2:42 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> To: LUG@Leica-Users.org
> Subject: [Leica] M8 Neckstrap Failure
>
> 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
>