[Leica] The Well Hung Photographer

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Walker Smith offered re.. his dad's Sped Graphic.
Subject: [Leica] The Well Hung Photographer


> Hi Ted,
> One other observation that Pop made was that in a tight spot the Speed
> Graphic could be closed up and used as a club if necessary.<<<<<<<<<

Hi Walker,,
At one time I used an M4 as a very effective "club on an off duty
intoxicated police officer" when he was about to beat the hell out of me
after a pro football game was over.

I had no option other than to let him have it as hard as I could swinging on
the neck strap and laying the camera across the left side of his head!!!

To say the least it quite effectively rendered him some what incapacitated!"

Unfortunately two of his equally inebriated buddies saw him on the ground
and immediately kicked me to the ground and proceeded to punch the
day-lights out of me before several rent-a-cops managed to pull them off.

It was kind of a bad scene as I had nubbies all over my skull much like a
walnut shell from their fists punching me.

However some other newsphotographer  buddies took pictures while the assault
took place. :-)

The morality guys wanted the negatives so they could apprehend the three
officers.......... "not a bloody hope are you getting negatives!" But we
returned to the police station and gave them prints..

The three were apprehended later in a bar, they were dismissed from the
force, one a 14 year veteran and they had to pay for a 500 mirror lens that
was ripped out of the body of a Nikon while I was lying face down in the
grass and getting pounded.

Sorry long tale on using the M4 as an effective "tool" when necessary. ;-)

ted