[Leica] How to protect the M8

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 11:47 PM +0100 2/5/09, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>Thank you to Emanuel, Leo, Mark, Nathan, Christopher, Frank, Geoff, 
>Jayanand, Scott
>
>I think the first I should try and be used with it to know exactly 
>what I need, for the moment the thig I thaught more necessary to 
>protect is the screen, for this reason I'm looking for the Giottos 
>LCD protector SP8250, it seems that it is only available in US.
>
>Anyone has experience with the very cheap protectors films announced 
>on e-Bay, or acmaxx e-bay #260354421188? I'm not very confident on 
>these things on e-Bay.
>
>Thank you very much in advance!
>
>Saludos cordiales
>Lluis


I use the plastic protectors; mine are a somewhat stiff plastic sheet 
which came in packets of 3. About every 6-10 months they get damaged 
enough that I replace them. They offer protection against scratches, 
of course, but I would suspect they'd offer some protection against 
impact as well. I try not to swing them into hard objects, but I 
don't always do what I should.

I had a serious scratch across the screen which got replaced (no 
charge) when I sent in my first M8 for rangefinder adjustment to my 
Noctilux. I've not had a scratch since.

If the handling of a leather case doesn't bother you, a half case 
with the drop down flap seems like a good solution for protection. 
With the flap you'd be fairly likely to keep the flap over the LCD a 
lot of the time, so if you don't look at it much it would provide 
good protection.

For myself I think I'll just leave it or maybe look at the Giotto 
protector. Slightly more protection than the plastic, but not making 
the camera bigger or harder to get at.

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