Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Probably hit one of the Joshua Tree :-) The China Lake Naval base, which does NOT have any water, being in the Mojave desert, has better and more Joshua trees than the Joshua Tree National Park. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Vince Passaro wrote: > > >Steve I just read somewhere today -- on Wikipedia perhaps -- that there > >resides in the Leica Museum in Solms a Leicaflex SL and (I think) 35mm > >Elmarit that fell 25,000 feet out of a Phantom Jet -- 25000 feet! Like > FOUR > >MILES -- and was deemed repairable by the Leica technicians. I do hope > this > >is true, and that someday I will see it. > > SL2 MOT with motor drive, 35mm Summicron-R (first version). Not sure about > the elevation, or whether the desert where the camera landed (Mojave > Desert) > was repairable. Camera was still light-tight. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]