Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] new Leica special commemoration model
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:14:22 -0800
 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net>
> >>Found on the Leica website:
> >>
> ><snip> Leica Camera AG Solms is offering 150 platinized models of the
> rangefinder system camera Leica M6 with individual engraving
> ><snip>The exterior of the special models will be meticulously hand-crafted
> with a platinum and grey snakeskin finish. The snakeskin comes from the
> Karung snake, a specially bred, non-endangered species.
> >
> >
> ########
> One day, a Karung snake bit a R8. What happened ? The snake died !
> 
> (from Voltaire)
> 
> Dominique Pellissier

That's cannibalism!
Mark Rabiner