Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/04

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Subject: [Leica] How to protect the M8
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed Feb 4 23:36:05 2009
References: <C5AFFC64.49767%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Or just cough up for the Leica grip. It works great, as good as Tom's  
Rapidgrip, and you retain the tripod screw.

Nathan

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On Feb 5, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> There's a thing that attaches I think to the hot show and gives you  
> place
> for your thumb to rest which is supposed to be a great help.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: EPL <manolito@videotron.ca>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:35:26 -0500
>> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Subject: [Leica] How to protect the M8
>>
>> I find the silver chrome M8 particularly hard to grip. Without the  
>> film M's
>> advance lever, that slippery chrome top cover doesn't allow much  
>> purchase
>> with just the right hand thumb pressed against it, especially if  
>> one needs
>> the thumb sometimes to push buttons on the back.
>>
>> IMHO the M8 really needs something added to it (an accessory grip  
>> or even a
>> piece of textured tape) so that it can be held securely.
>>
>> Emanuel
>>
>>
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