Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which brought back memories of the time I hitched a ride out to the Pribilof Islands (and back) in a Coast Guard Herc on a fisheries patrol along the Aleutian chain. I didn't mind the vibrations much, because it meant the engines were still turning. There wasn't anything worth photographing anyway, except for the emergency pump drop onto the deck of a sinking crab boat, and that was at night. But even the vibes from a kinder, gentler 747 can do a number on your camera---my spanking-new M6H developed a case of shutter bounce after a 14-hour run from LA to Sydney. Now I throw some extra padding for the M bodies into my bag before I stick it in the overhead bin, and hope for the best. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: <V8PWR@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: [Leica] BAD NEWS : summicron explosion > I came back from my last mission in the UAE in a C130 hercules . A 4 > turboprop aircraft that has the particularity to send bad vibrations into the > deepest part of your bones . ( some of you may know what I'm talking about ) > This fact is surely the cause of the front part of my 16 years old 35 > Summicron to slightly unscrew . This is no big problem if nothing goes > further . But it was not the case .