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Subject: [Leica] How to protect the M8
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu Feb 5 18:59:05 2009
References: <C5AFAC8E.455E%manolito@videotron.ca> <CC773BBA-208D-480C-B379-653BCE40B2B0@telefonica.net>

Luis,
Use the cheap plastic ones - you dont need a name brand for these, and
because they are cheap you can replace them whenever you want. That what I
do, anyway.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Lluis Ripoll 
<luisripoll@telefonica.net>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
>
>
>
>
>
> El 05/02/2009, a las 2:35, EPL escribi?:
>
>  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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In reply to: Message from manolito at videotron.ca (EPL) ([Leica] How to protect the M8)
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