Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] A few of my favorite things- 8
From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:40:15 -0500

It's hard to find virgins these days too.  

:-)

Vick

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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John
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Subject: [Leica] A few of my favorite things- 8


Martin Howard shared of his vast knowledge of Leitz minutia:

Mike Durling wrote, in part:
>


Not really.  You see, the vulcanite of the earlier, LTM cameras, was
actually furnished from the inner layer of the bark of a rare tree that
grows in the German Black Forest.  It would be collected by young 
virgins,
selected for their delicate fingers and only harvested between 4:30 and 
5:15
AM, when the dew ensured that the humidity was such that the material
wouldn't be harmed.

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