Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] White dot on the bottom of lense cases?
From: Rick Dykstra <rdandcb@cybermac.com.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 21:56:24 +1000

John Bean wrote:
> 
> Now there's a thought - I seem to remember that phlogiston would need to
> have negative mass, so if you feed it to your Noctilux, it gets lighter!
> 
Yeah, but with an orifice as big as a Noctilux has, it can swoller a
whole lot of even that super grade phlogiston, the stuff that makes
things seen in the dark.

But seriously, who wants a lighter Noctibeast?  It's mass is like a
built in gyro.  Makes it work at surprisingly low shutter speeds.

Rick Dykstra