Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]that's kind of horrifying to see the metal housing of the m8 fail so catastrophically. i guess the design is faulty; the front-back split effectively means that the baseplate sort of hooks into a lower corner of the front piece. a one-peice design would not fail in this manner. it's hard to imagine there was much stress on a tripod--the lens it was mounting was only a 50 lux, rather than a heavy noctilux or 75 lux. at least the lens didn't look like it was damaged in the fall -rei On May23 19:00, Robert D. Baron wrote: > This report on the LUF regarding failure of the base of an M8 is perhaps > of some concern: > > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m8-forum/25121-base-plate-failure.html > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/2m9kdx > > I am not a metallurgist nor do I play one on tv. I have no idea if this > is a rare event or something to fret over. > > I looked at my own base and it looks fine (solid, it appears) but what > do I know? > > <sigh> > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey