Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/04

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Subject: [Leica] How to protect the M8
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed Feb 4 23:16:32 2009

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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