[Leica] OT: Black Leica, black Rolex

[joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)]

The Morgan chassis is made of black ash.  My sister went to school in
Malvern, UK, also where the Morgan factory is located.  Every time I visited
her I paid a visit to the factory.  After a few visits I found myself on the
Morgan Plus 8 waiting list.  In those days the wait was close to ten years
but I was fortunate enough to get my Plus 8 after just under nine years.

Humidity is a big issue in Hong Kong, and I used to keep my Morgan in one of
theses:

http://www.carcoon.co.uk/

Joseph


On 27/01/2010 5:10 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Well I got a wood tripod well before I got my Gitzo Resin one. I went to
> wood first. That wood tripod had some design problems. I may try a 
> different
> design.  Or a different company. A German one. Berlebach. Sold down the
> street from me at B&H. Many models. My big Ries still in Portland made in
> Seattle I think in a guys garage.
>> From a car standpoint which I know close to nothing about unlike tripods 
>> and
> cameras when I was shooting those cars the last two years the one which
> intrigued me the most and I got the most interesting feedback from and
> stayed with me the longest was the Morgan. With the wood Chassis  frame!  
> In
> a million years I'd  never dream they'd make a car with a wooden Chassis.
> Its how I would design a car if I ever tried to. And had been for decades
> that design on the Morgan beyond being just a classic.
> A Leica friend of mine from Brighton says if he had a dry garage he'd be
> driving a Morgan. But his garage is a bit damp. And a lot of people in
> England know all about damp garages and Morgan's not going together it
> sounded like.
> They ever try making a  car Chassis with springy Gitzo tripod legs?
> Instead of  just the outside body  of a car?
> Might be nice and springy like wood but be ok in the damp.
> 
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner