Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Hmmm...
From: paul at paulhardycarter.com (Paul)
Date: Sun Oct 2 20:09:52 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20051002193551.00bd7a10@mail.2alpha.com>

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.

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Paul Hardy Carter
www.paulhardycarter.com
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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


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