Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had the same problem when I bought my Nikon scanner, (which thanks to many of you is now working its little LED's off) and I suspect that these companies just don't bother with a market and weird plug like our one. I hope the camera is worth it as well: Adelaide must be closer to Solms than Ballarat ;-) Cheers On 16/11/2006, at 15:09, Marty Deveney wrote: > I have an M8. It is one of the first in Australia. Amusingly, I > already > have a gripe. It isn't even charged yet. > > I'm irritated because it won't be charged until I get it home - > because > the slip-on adaptor to make the battery charger fit an Australian > plug/socket is missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All the others are there, but > the relevant one is absent. > > At home I have an adaptor so I can use one of the other sockets so > I'll > charge it tonight. > > I'm admittedly a detail-oriented person, but it's just this kind of > thing > that really infuriates me. I've had a lot of problems with my M7 > (electronics, frame counter, seizing wind-on, several other things) > and > I'm starting to think Leica and me just have some weird > can't-live-with-you, can't-live-without-you relationship. All I can > imagine is that someone at the distributor looked at the camera > when it > arrived and left the Australian adaptor for the charger out when > they put > everything back in. It seems too coincidental that the missing > adaptor > is the one that I need to be anything else. > > I hope the camera is worth it. > > Marty > > -- > > Search for products and services at: > http://search.mail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information