Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/06

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Subject: [Leica] The Horror!
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Sep 6 13:24:30 2005

But those were only tiny holes, Graham!

http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/F1010004.JPG


> From: GeeBee <geebee@geebeephoto.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:07:26 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Horror!
> 
> From: "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be>
> Subject: [Leica] The Horror!
> 
> 
>> Yep, it happened this weekend: a family trip to Phantasialand, a theme
> park
>> in Germany, so lots of opportunities to shoot interesting stuff.
>> At the end of the very sunny 1st day I trusted my cherished M4-2 to a
> family
>> member because I wanted to do a wild 'n wet ride. So no M territory.
>> I left my M with a Summicron and shade (no cap) in the hands of my father
> in
>> law and, after the ride, continued shooting everything that came in my
> FOV.
>> Today I got the negatives developed: a white blob on everything shot after
>> day 1!
>> I checked the lenses I used (35 and 50): nothing.
>> I checked the shutter curtains: holes. :-(
>> Guess he left it lying on a table to give the sun a good opportunity to
> ruin
>> the curtains while I was having fun... Only 15 minutes at f.22 were
> enough.
>> Damn. I learned my lesson: I still think my father in law is a great guy.
>> But if I ever hand him any camera again, I'll explain him some basic stuff
>> first.
>> 
>> I hope I can get it repaired before the BLUG. If not it'll be a BDLUG for
>> me...
>> 
>> Damn!
>> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------
> 
> Hi Philippe,
> 
> 4 examples of why I feel your pain!
> 
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/posts/Holed_Curtain.html
> 
> --Graham
> 
> 
> 
> 
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