Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone using the Leica Handgrip M?
From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:25:06 -0500
References: <200005311716.NAA28450@pop0.harvard.net> <4.3.1.0.20000531160948.00ab7890@pop3.sti.com.br>

Has any one given any thought to the half case by Kameraleder. It has a strap,
keeps you from dropping the camera and protects the camera. This my own
preference!

Borges & Marinho Fotografia wrote:

>   Yes... but was the Handgrip who saved my Leica the last time that the
> wrist strap failed and my Leica Hit the concrete floor of a Parking Lot...
> no scratches on the M6, but I couldn't say the same about the grip...
>
>   So use the Handgrip and the Neck Strap... Wrist Strap never more...
>
>   Regards,
>
>   Luiz Marinho
>   Sao Paulo - Brasil
>
> At 14:03 31/05/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Oh, please....Ever hear of a strap? Around the neck or wrapped around the
> >wrist? People have been shooting with Leica Ms for a couple generations now,
> >taking photos of the grandkids in the yard and the Viet Cong over running
> >the Citadel at Hue, without using no steeenking screw-on "grips," and
> >without dropping their cameras. If you're going to drop it, you're going to
> >drop it...One of the great things about the M is how nicely in fits in the
> >hand....
> >
> >B.een feeling D.efinitely C.urmudgeonly lately! ;-)
> >
> >

In reply to: Message from austin@darkroom.com (Re: RE: [Leica] Anyone using the Leica Handgrip M?)
Message from Borges & Marinho Fotografia <borges@marinho.com.br> (RE: RE: [Leica] Anyone using the Leica Handgrip M?)