Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Lens cap on ?
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 11:08:20 -0700

Another feature of the M6. It tells you when the lens cap is on.

Jim

At 02:02 PM 7/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Reminds me of an early "portrait" episode during which I was trying 
>mightily to impress a very attractive young woman.  Went through the whole 
>Richard Avedon routine with an M3 and Summarit, probably 20 frames or so, 
>with a lot of theatrical bobbing and weaving (hey, I was very young), at 
>which point, she asked:  "is that metal thing supposed to be on the front 
>of the lens?"
>
>Haven't made that mistake since.
>
>Chandos
>
>
>At 10:48 AM 7/8/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>>:)  you'll hate yourself
>>when you snap off the perfect picture and look down to notice that the
>>lenscap was on for it :)
>
>
>
>Chandos Michael Brown
>Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies
>College of William and Mary
>
>http:www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown
>