Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many of us who watch our precious gear go bouncing down the street never admit it to anybody without a waterboard. The idea would seem to be those kinds of things don't happen to serious photogs. We have to keep up a front. Thing is if you're using your gear every day its only a matter of time. I fear for my gear. Not me. I never worry about if a fall will take my wrist out (which it did last year). I've watched my Hasselblad go bouncing down the sidewalk in Canon Beach Oregon the hood again as with your incident acted as a breakaway. The camera had some scratches on it which are still there (a 500 CM) but it didn't need to go to the shop. My first M6 was resting peaceably on my banister at the bottom of the stairs and fell off a 4 foot drop to a woodened floor. I had to get the mini screw driver out and re adjust the vertical focus. No trip to the repair person was needed I've been lucky. Its the price we pay for using our gear. Perhaps if we area famous photog the wear and tear on our gear adds resale value to it. On 9/26/13 2:14 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you everyone for for good thoughts...and not laughing too hard ;-) > The insurance should be OK. I'll see how quickly my Leica friends can turn > these around for me. The annoying part was standing there afterward leaking > a little blood in patches and Lluis kept shooting in some great light we > had ;-) AND he missed the shot of me falling. > I do wish that I had not only just paid for an expensive service on the > Summilux 50 ASPH though. It will need another. > First world problem. > I have about 1800 frames from the M here and now repossessed my M9 from > Lluis for the last few days. > > > > Salud! > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/