Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, the question was for Jerry. S.d. On Sep 1, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Yeah, and did it take good pictures? > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> Oh, did you also trip over it? >> S.d. >> >> >> On Sep 1, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: >> >>> John, >>> >>> Ya gotta realize that sometimes tools do drop and fall onto hard >>> stuff. I remember once I slipped and >>> dropped a SNAP-ON 1/2 inch drive, ratchet wrench on my paved >>> stone driveway! Oh the agony ;-) >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>>> John, every Leica owner on the list feels your pain (or should). >>>> At least >>>> you now have an honorable scar but not a repair bill. >>>> There is no sadder sound than the thunk of Leica meeting stone! >>>> >>>> 2009/9/1 John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> I suppose it has to happen some time, but it is painful when it >>>>> does. I've >>>>> had my M6 for ten years now, put thousands of films through it, >>>>> taken it >>>>> all >>>>> over the world - up tributaries on the Amazon in dugout canoes, >>>>> across >>>>> India, up Kilmanjaro, etc. - but have never dropped it. This >>>>> summer I was >>>>> walking around a French chateau when the split ring on the >>>>> strap worked >>>>> itself off and the camera dropped off my shoulder onto the >>>>> stone floor. Of >>>>> course it had on a heavier lens than my usual 35mm Summicron, >>>>> the 90mm >>>>> Elmarit. It was more painful than when I cut off half my big >>>>> toe with a >>>>> lawnmover. I staggered to a cafe and ordered a double espresso >>>>> and a large >>>>> brandy to calm myself down before checking the camera out. >>>>> The damage: a >>>>> dent on the camera body just below the winder and a bent lens >>>>> hood. It >>>>> still seemed to be able to focus as before and the shutter >>>>> fired OK. I put >>>>> plenty more film through it since the drop and have got used to >>>>> its war >>>>> wounds, though they do ache when the weather is damp. I am now >>>>> steadily >>>>> developing all the film. The negatives look as good as ever, >>>>> though I have >>>>> yet to scan them, but I envisage no problem. >>>>> >>>>> The cause of the disaster. I do not like plastic and so I had >>>>> replaced the >>>>> strap that came with the camera with a leather (for Leica) one >>>>> from Luigi ( >>>>> http://www.leicatime.com/). The split ring had worked off the >>>>> camera once >>>>> before, though I noticed it in time. I should have taken that >>>>> for a >>>>> warning >>>>> and gone back to the plastic Leica strap. However, I did try to >>>>> cannibalise >>>>> the rings of the genuine Leica strap on to the leather one but >>>>> without >>>>> success. Needless to say I now have the genuine plastic strap >>>>> on my M6. >>>>> >>>>> Yours, >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> John Beeching >>>>> http://johnbeeching.com/ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information