Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find the half case with hanging flap very good. I need to take the camera out of the case to change the memory card or battery. I have 4GB SDHC cards now and one battery charge is about 4GB worth of photos so I would seldom have to take the camera out of the case more than once a day. Just pop the flap open for settings or looking at previews etc. For lefties, the flap keeps the LCD cleaner too (nose grease ). If you are carrying the camera turned on, the leather can sometimes push the buttons underneath and change a setting . Once I shot 4 or 5 jpgs before I realised this. The case does make the camera fatter. Mine has just a little bump on the front which makes it a lot more secure to hold when vertical. .You can get them with a built in grip too. I think if I was buying one again, I would get the built-in grip version and the cutaway at the back for the Thumbs Up accessory. After about a year you can see the leather in that spot (film advance lever location) worn down by my thumb. One side affect is that no-one but an M8 owner ever recognises this as a modern digital camera. something about my M8 in its 'aged brown' leather clothing of case and strap appeals to subjects! "Oh you have such a nice old camera. (You must be a nice old guy) Of course you can take my picture' Cool! 2009/2/6 Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> > At 11:47 PM +0100 2/5/09, Lluis Ripoll 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 >> > > > I use the plastic protectors; mine are a somewhat stiff plastic sheet which > came in packets of 3. About every 6-10 months they get damaged enough that > I > replace them. They offer protection against scratches, of course, but I > would suspect they'd offer some protection against impact as well. I try > not > to swing them into hard objects, but I don't always do what I should. > > I had a serious scratch across the screen which got replaced (no charge) > when I sent in my first M8 for rangefinder adjustment to my Noctilux. I've > not had a scratch since. > > If the handling of a leather case doesn't bother you, a half case with the > drop down flap seems like a good solution for protection. With the flap > you'd be fairly likely to keep the flap over the LCD a lot of the time, so > if you don't look at it much it would provide good protection. > > For myself I think I'll just leave it or maybe look at the Giotto > protector. Slightly more protection than the plastic, but not making the > camera bigger or harder to get at. > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Licence to Chill'