Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And I'll admit it, if nobody else will - I've left the lens cap on more than once in the past! And I've also taken the bottom plate off to see the film wound neatly around the wind-on spool... I don't suppose any of us are perfect. P. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com ******* On 3 Oct 2005, at 04:59, Peter Klein wrote: > In defense of the lady. . . > > The original article mentioned that she had pulled out the camera and > pointed it at paparazzi who were following her. She probably just got > exasperated and decided to point *her* camera at *them.* In other > words, she may not have actually been trying to take a picture. If > she was, the Digilux 2's electronic viewfinder would have very quickly > "told" her that something was wrong. In this respect, she has an > advantage over us M users. > > It's also quite possible that she took the cap off a moment later, but > a photo of that would not be as funny as the first. Nor would if fit > popular preconceptions. > > As for not reading music, no less than Irving Berlin never learned > that skill. Along with many of the rock icons my generation and > younger worships. Sir Paul McCartney comes to mind. I don't say that > this is good, only that it is so. > > --Peter