Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > Pray, do not be a fool. I have owned ten or twelve Leicas in my time, and > every one has had a hard thunk onto concrete. The only one hurt other than > cosmetics was an M2. > > We all do this. It is part of the system. I have dropped Rolleis, Zeiss > Ikons, Hasselblads. Others, as well. > > Tough cameras, and I am a tough customer. I often list cameras for sale > which are E, or E+, or mint, but these are never the ones I use. Those are > E-, honestly deserved! > > Marc > I had the stomach-wrenching experience of hearing my Hasselblad 50mm Distagon CFLE hit the concrete from the four foot high ledge where I had placed it. It landed on the rear lens cap which obligingly shattered. The rear mount has the slightest dimple. I promptly sent it to Brad Sherman at Precision camera (on Monday) who pronounced it safe, sound and fully operable on Wednesday and had it returned to me today, Thursday. The point of this. It hurt badly enough having it happen to a Hasselblad lens. I've learned my lesson so that it doesn't happen to my Leica glass or bodies. - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/