Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/05

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Subject: [Leica] How to protect the M8
From: crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall)
Date: Thu Feb 5 01:26:47 2009
References: <C5AFAC8E.455E%manolito@videotron.ca> <C5AFFC64.49767%mark@rabinergroup.com>

It's called "Thumbs Up" by Tim Isaac see

http://matchtechnical.com/default.aspx

Chris B

2009/2/5 Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>:
> 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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