Re: [Leica] Clear Plastic Tape (now Camera destruction)

[Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:38:15 -0400 "Barney Quinn, Jr." 
<barney.quinn@noaa.gov> wrote:
> Walt,
> 
> Are you in treatment? Or a 12 step program? Or did you just do this cold
> turkey?
> 
> Barney
>
No, Barney....I tried the 12 step programs, and they wouldn't let me go 
to their meetings in the nude....the facist bastards....so I hired a shrink, 
till she jumped off the top of her building....
Now I'm just working through it myself.  I've asked my wife to keep an eye 
on me and whenever I put UV filters on my lenses or clean my stuff excessively, 
she is to whip me with a riding crop.....and not let me wear my dog collar for a 
week.

So far I've been UV-filter-less for a year.....but I'm still taking it a day at 
a time....it can be treated, not cured.

Best luck, 
Walt

 
> Walter S Delesandri wrote:
> > 
> > Mark, Mark, relax man....these guys can really get you going (they have
> > gotten me LIVID in the past---and I them)....but they're GREAT guys,
> > and occasionally gal....
> > 
> > Without re-starting the "leica as crappy investment" thread, I should admit
> > that I'm a photographer-turned-anal-retentive-leica-fondler-turned-photographer
> > again....I'm in remission, but I occasionally find myself cleaning under the
> > wind lever and around the shutter speed dial....it's a tougher habit than
> > drinking and smoking to break (I still do all that, too....)
> > Luckily, I have NOTHING wrapped in plastic anymore, and I've noticed obvious
> > marks on my "newest" (M4-P)..so now I can relax and shoot pictures....
> > I've still got some UV filters, but I won't buy any more if I trade/buy any
> > more lenses...it's a tough habit to break...
> > I used to put tape on the ends and bottom/top of the bodies, and if you INSIST,
> > clear bookbinder's tape is the stuff....but PLEASE reconsider...a little
> > brassing ("zincing" as one LUGGER called it!) ....IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL!!!!...
> > 
> > You will spend MANY times the amount of that M6 on car(s)
> > ....THIS YEAR, probably...!!!!
> > I speak with empathy, friend....I had a near mint M4 in the closet for YEARS....
> > one day 5-6 years ago I said ENOUGH, took it out, put a strap on it, and have
> > used the hell out of it (I'm careful, it has MANY marks, but looks EXC)...BEST
> > camera I've ever had, love it, it ain't for sale, and I should have had it
> > OVER MY LEFT shoulder all those years it sat in plastic!!!--I sold my 'beater'
> > M2s, the ones that SOMEBODY else used for years, and bought a new body...it to,
> > is a "USER",  but all the wear is MINE!!!
> > Help is available, even here on the LUG......
> > 
> > For those who have never had these "afflictions", don't make fun of Mark...they're
> > REAL, and can be photographically devastating...I KNOW they were for me....I'm
> > still taking it a day at a time....I've taken my UV filters off and thrown them
> > in the trash (TED)....and dug them out and put them back on....and off...and on...
> > this is a REAL problem, and I don't want ya'll making light of it.....so lets
> > do the RIGHT thing, and HELP Mark....not make fun of his problem....
> > 
> > Have a great weekend,
> > Walt in Denton.
> > 
> >

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