Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/07

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Subject: [Leica] The Horror!
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Wed Sep 7 06:09:03 2005
References: <BF43A5C4.5647%philippe.orlent@pandora.be>

been there, done that. Sorry to hear of your "education".


On 07/09/2005, at 4:00 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote:

> 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!
>
>
>
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Alastair


In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] The Horror!)