Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] How often CLA
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 18:06:47 +0100

Hi Robert,

I have also noticed that plane trips and car trips have a very bad effect on
various types of equipment, such as photo and electronics. So I have started
taking the same precautions as you do. In addition, once my bag with the Leicas
is in the overhead bin, I guard it like a hawk to make sure some idiot does not
stuff his plastic bag with tax-free whisky on top of it.

Nathan

Robert G. Stevens wrote:

> Tina:
>
> I have found that the overhead compartments of Air Planes have too much
> vibration for cameras.  About a year ago, I put my camera bag in a well
> stuffed overhead and I think the steward had shifted the bag onto its side
> so that the unpadded top was in contact with the bin.  The next day when I
> put a flash on my Leica R4 I noticed the flash shoe was loose on the
> camera.  The vibrations must have loosened the screws up.  Of course, the
> screws are under the top cover, so it had to go to Leica to have the top
> cover taken off and the shoe tightened up again.
>
> This vibration in the planes, trains, and automobiles may be your problem.
> I now make a concious effort to never place the camera or bag against any
> non padded surface in these vehicles.  In other words, it goes under my
> seat in the plane and on the carpet of the trunk or the floor of a car.
> For example, if you has a camera bag that did not have good padding and
> placed it in the back of a jeep, a lot of the vibrations would make it
> through to the gear.
>
>  When I took my M6 and some lenses on a long trip with my motorcycle, I had
> them in an Billingham Alice bag which I placed on top of a pice of foam
> padding I put in the luggage that strapped to my gas tank.  This way I was
> shure the foam between the Alice and the tank would absorb the vibrations.
> In Washinton D.C. photo on my web page you can see part of the Alice bag
> sticking out of the tank bag.
>
> http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/trip.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert Stevens

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Nathan Wajsman
Overijse, Belgium
Photo page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator