Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vick, I'm just reporting what the M8 owner posted. Later in the thread, he said he would contact his dealer Monday and see what recourse he had. At the least, he has a dent and a rangefinder out of adjustment. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 6:32 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] M8 Neckstrap Failure > Holy cr@p. > > Can't even get the neckstrap right. > > So it's off for a Passport replacement right? I mean the body. > > ...Vick > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim > Nichols > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:16 PM > To: LUG@Leica-Users.org > Subject: [Leica] M8 Neckstrap Failure > > Over on RFF, an M8 owner posted the following warning based on his recent > experience. I thought it important enough to repeat here: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >