daveco Posted January 11, 2008 Share #21 Posted January 11, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Left it on the baseplate, and I have all my original stickers on my laptop (but put a Luigi half case on the Leica, and considering one for the laptop.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Hi daveco, Take a look here Leica M8 baseplate. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
earleygallery Posted January 12, 2008 Share #22 Posted January 12, 2008 How long before someone starts selling replacement stickers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafasoleiman Posted January 12, 2008 Share #23 Posted January 12, 2008 I left mine on. I didn't see the point in removing it. It's on a non-visible surface that gets a lot of knocks and scratches. I figured the base plate could do with all the protection it can get. Why remove a label that can't be seen when it helps prevents damage? The labels and any stick ons ARE the damage!!! What's the point to keep something that is designed beautifully, looking like shit covered in stickers, for years, so that it looks good when we sell it.. so wow the ten year old camera has a clean baseplate... how much more money am I going to make that will make up for the years of grit? Sorry for this, but I hate these windows laptops, covered in advertisements, I think it's offensive, and I get upset to see something that a designer spent time to make beautiful, like Leica's satin finish, covered with some cheap plastic. I always remove any sticker and enjoy the original beauty of what's below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpStart Posted January 12, 2008 Share #24 Posted January 12, 2008 Mines still on, but the real protection is my full Luigi Case. Truly, I thought the film wasn't out of place, didn't attract any attention and I did not think of it until I read this thread DBK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted January 12, 2008 Share #25 Posted January 12, 2008 How long before someone starts selling replacement stickers? Ok, if you insist, I'll sell you mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grduprey Posted January 12, 2008 Share #26 Posted January 12, 2008 Mine was gone after about 10 minutes. Didn't even think about it. For the people who didn't remove them, do you also leave all those millions of stickers on your Windows laptops? The stickers on laptops and phones etc. don't leave sticky goo on the surface and are not as hard to remove as this very thick bottom plastic. I left mine on and who cares, I never look at the bottom or show it to people anyway. I did this on my M6TTL, but it took a day to remove the sticky goo and decided the next time it would stay on. Sort of the taping of the RED dot or M8 nomenclature, why bother, who really cares if it is on there? Gene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndjambrose Posted January 12, 2008 Share #27 Posted January 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) The labels and any stick ons ARE the damage!!! In your opinion, my friend. Not in mine. I can't see it and I don't notice it. By all means do what you like with yours, but I'd rather have the sticker than a gouge in the baseplate from careless use of a tripod, or from resting the camera on a wall or fence. Both of which I do frequently. And I don't get the comparison with product stickers on laptops, for they serve no protective purpose, and are mere endorsements for a third party partners or distributors that the manufacturer had to include to seal a licensing deal. Whereas a transparent protective sheet, unmarked by logos and advertising, and supplied and fitted by Leica to a discrete surface of their own product isn't really the same sort of thing, and is on balance more useful than useless. But hey - we're all different. To each their own... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafasoleiman Posted January 12, 2008 Share #28 Posted January 12, 2008 In your opinion, my friend. Not in mine. I can't see it and I don't notice it. By all means do what you like with yours, but I'd rather have the sticker than a gouge in the baseplate from careless use of a tripod, or from resting the camera on a wall or fence. Both of which I do frequently. And I don't get the comparison with product stickers on laptops, for they serve no protective purpose, and are mere endorsements for a third party partners or distributors that the manufacturer had to include to seal a licensing deal. Whereas a transparent protective sheet, unmarked by logos and advertising, and supplied and fitted by Leica to a discrete surface of their own product isn't really the same sort of thing, and is on balance more useful than useless. But hey - we're all different. To each their own... by all means... I never meant this to be true to anybody else but me!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milyovsky Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share #29 Posted January 12, 2008 Thank you all. Both the arguments for and against removal of the plastic film made sense to me. So I compromised and removed half of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 12, 2008 Share #30 Posted January 12, 2008 Thank you all. Both the arguments for and against removal of the plastic film made sense to me. So I compromised and removed half of it. Which half? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6J Posted January 12, 2008 Share #31 Posted January 12, 2008 Will the warranty be void if we remove it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted January 12, 2008 Share #32 Posted January 12, 2008 Yup, after you remove the sticker, they will not service it again. The sticker, that is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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