Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeez, all you really have to do is mount a UV filter on the lens! Bruce Feldman Warsaw - ----- Original Message ----- From: <TTAbrahams@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 1999 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] How do you destroy a Leica? >Alex, If I remember right (I don't have the famous instruction manual any >more), it involved hammering on the top plate until the rangefinder was all >black, hitting the body casting with something hard (hammer, rock, butt of the >gun, etc.) until it was deformed, smashing the glass in the lens(es). Makes >you cringe doesn't it! Maybe someone on the LUG has a copy of the original >manual and can illuminate us in the proper way to destroy a Leica - rather >than the more mundane way of shooting 10,000's rolls of film and never use an >(n)ever-ready case and drop the camera into the shoulder bag with no dividers >or padding to protect it! I think I prefer the latter way, but just in case, >maybe we should know how to do it properly. >Tom A >