Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having read Ted's 'be careful out there when boarding airplanes', here's my Leica/airport security story. Some 12 years ago I was flying to Scotland to cover some political event. At London Stansted my M2 with 21mm Super Angulon attracted attention. Hand search. 'Please take off the lens, sir'. Lens duly taken off. No, there was no 20mmx20mmx10mm packet of Semtex hidden in the body. Lens put back on... but in my anxiety and haste, it didn't quite lock in. I sprinted away towards the plane. Tragedy. The lens fell off the body, three feet onto hard floor. The rear collar was dented - irrepairably - said Leitz, and the front is decidedly wobbly. But the lens soldiers on (had a roll processed last week taken mainly on the Super Angulon). Not used professionally since the Accident, it can still take a mean old snap.