Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/20

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Subject: [Leica] New Leica sound
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:32:18 -0800
References: <36172e5a1002202325u78199425hc307e5d92755c06a@mail.gmail.com>

We demand pictures or it did not happen!!

Man... what a tale..

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> For your amusement here is a short tale. Locally we have had unpleasantly
> warm and muggy weather with frequent rain for several weeks.
> I've been extremely lazy in failing to shoot anything new and have spent an
> inordinate amount of time cleaning up archives, building a new computer
> etc.
> Anyway to my small tale.
> I set up my M9 inside this afternoon with my Visoflex, all mounted on a
> tripod. I had an enjoyable play working out how to best make it work
> together for a small project (to follow).
> I picked up the tripod complete with M9 and Visoflex to lift it to a new
> position.
> Like I mentioned, it's hot and my ceiling fan was spinning.
> ..Spang.
>
> After administering 250ml of Sauvignon Blanc and my heart rate gradually
> falling back below humming bird mode I took a look
> The metal fan blade operating in the transonic region struck the lower edge
> of the Visoflex exactly 12mm above the top plate of the M9. That's half a
> freakin' inch for our American members.
>
> Spang.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
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