Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] M8 grip
From: heninger at adobe.com (Wade Heninger)
Date: Sun Mar 18 22:02:01 2007



On 3/18/07 11:44 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:

> At 9:48 PM -0400 3/18/07, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>> I don't find the M8 slippery either.
>> 
>> Len
> 
> I definitely find it slipprier than the ancestor M's. Not least
> because there is no wind lever to stop the slide.
> 
> If only Leica could have left tradition far enough behind to employ
> rubber (or whatever) mouldings in the cover for grips like the Hexar
> RF had. That also had no wind lever to provide grip, but you never
> felt like it was going to slip out of your hand due to those bumps. A
> great design.

Yes, the Hexar is a great camera.

I hope Tom can get that grip out soon. I'm waiting patiently...


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