Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think I would have required 250 ml of Lagavulin, not Sauvignon Blanc ;-) 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 Feb 21, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Geoff Hopkinson 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >