[Leica] One of Lug's Best, now Patina, now straps

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Damn them , it was a strap that looped the finder of my 12mm CV 
superwide out of the shoe and on to a concrete path  - also irreparable 
and VERY expensive to replace. Same happened getting out of a Taxi in 
the UK, the strap of my IIIG got caught on the window winder, luckily 
the camera ended up hanging about a millimeter above the ground.
Douglas

Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I did demolish a 50/2.5 Skopar when the strap got entangled with my gear
> shift and the camera got flung onto the curb. And I did drop a Nikon EL2
> 4 feet onto the pavement when the strap got entangled with the seat belt
> of a Suburban. I didn't even think to mention these as they both
> destroyed the equipment beyond repair. And both were strap-related. Now
> that you mention it, I think every mishap I've ever had with a camera
> was due to a strap screwup.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> SonC@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:11 AM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] One of Lug's Best, now Patina
> 
> 
>  
>  
> In a message dated 5/29/2005 8:56:42 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> jls@runbox.com writes:
> 
> Let me  add "A camera is nothing but a tool" to the mix. I'm guilty of
> taking good  care of mine, so none of them are dented, brassed, etc.
> Makes me a camera  fondler. ;-)
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans,  LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> As you know,  I don't take special care of my cameras, and the  only two
> 
> dents: one to the fragile rewind knob on my 15 year old M6 (now
> repaired) the 
> other to now Nathan's CL which seems unavoidable with the  funny strap
> lug on 
> that camera.  
>  
> I did incur a scratch on the M6 when at an air show, the wind  picked up
> a 
> folding chair, snagged the strap of the M6 and flung it flat on its
> back onto 
> the tarmac. No other injury.   
>  
> So all three dings were strap related, which probably tells me
> something.  
>  
> As for brassing, It looks like there is some patina now on the Black
> Chrome  
> M6 after several thousand days of being carried everywhere.  My other
> M6,  
> nearly the same age, but purchased last year is still without marks, and
> I use  
> it the same way.   
>  
> I don't really mind brassing on a camera;  Lord knows, I have lots of  
> "Patina" on me.
>  
> Regards,  
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
> ?galit?, libert?,  crawfish
> 
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