Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:05 PM 2/11/00 -0500, you wrote: >Mike Johnston wrote, in part: > > > > A number of years ago, just for fun, a friend of mine and I tossed an > > old lens out a second-story window onto concrete. The degree of damage > > was surprisingly small. I continued to abuse it for a while (work was > > slow and we were bored out of our minds), tossing it as high as I could > > and letting it land on the concrete. I busted up the filter completely, > > broke the bayonet ring, and succeeded in deforming the entire lens > > barrel slightly, but the front element never even got a scratch until I > > whacked it repeatedly against the corner of a set of concrete steps. > > (eBay: "A few minor dents. Glass perfect." <g>) > > > > --Mike > > > >There is obviously a need for PT to become a MONTHLY magazine... > >M. ROFL, Martin! That is great and I second your observation! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com