Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, I guess those war photographers I read interviews with lied then - sorry to be spreading misinformation so carelessly... Since I cannot provide a direct reference off-hand, I'll have to let it go on your authority. But I'm curious, why assume that one could not obtain, improvise or otherwise utilize a workbench, jewelers screwdrivers and tweezers in the field? Those seem like pretty simple requirements to me. - - marc On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 10:39 PM, Javier Perez wrote: > Bullshit > Though simpler than the Contaxes and Exaktas of the > time, any real repair or cleaning on a Leica requires > a workbench and toolkit including jeweler screwdrivers > and tweezers. Perhaps someone has expanded the > definition of cleaning and repair to include removing > the lens, bottom plate and takeup spool and putting > them in a bag. If that's the case, any camera is field > repairable. This is what the guy on the German sub > movie did BTW. > Javier > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html