Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I think Leica must have standardized straps sometime in the not so distant pass. My R8 strap is identical to my M7 and M8 strap. The boxes are identical and the part number on all of them is 14312. Maybe I was robbed. I do know that the strap that came with my M4-P is totally different. It's much wider. Now you have me looking for the 14325. Regards, Len On Mar 26, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > At 07:35 PM 3/26/2007, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >Marc, > > > >Letit be known that there never ( or hardly ever) was there a > >distinction 'tween R und M straps. Leitz/Leica changed them as their > >vendors > >did. Nothing was dedicated to either of those models exclusively. > > > >Some had a sliding shoulder pad, some had the pad molded on/in. The > >early pads were good but there were some unauthorized copies > >made, so Leica went to the molded-in pads. > > Jerry > > You are confusing the point. Leica calls them M and R straps, with > different stock numbers -- 14312 was the M strap and 14325 the R > strap. It says so right on the box! As I indicated, I use the R > straps even on my LTM cameras. Either will work on any camera but > the M strap is narrower and slips off my shoulder, while the R > strap stays nicely in place. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information