Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]alex, i think there's something about the paving stones of london streets that act as an attractant to that lens cap. on a recent trip to london my lens cap spent time on oxford street outside john lewis and regent street outside liberty's. eventually i tired of retracing our steps and relegated the cap to my shirt pocket. to the cap's credit it survived being ground underfoot without discernable harm. it must be a sign of leica's small market share that none of the masses of pedestrians stooped to pocket the cap. seriously, i think that hanging the camera from your shoulder "lens in" is what levers the cap off the lens hood. in the jostle of people this causes the lens to rub against the body while getting swung fore and aft. on a somewhat related note: when did they start switching the lights off on london's monuments at night ? i was looking forward to noctilux pictures of some monuments but was dismayed to find that all the lights were off both nights i went suitably equipped... mark Alex Brattell wrote: > > However, there's something about it that has made it flip off a few times > when I put the camera back in the bag. I've normally noticed immediately but > a couple of times I've had to retrace my steps to look for it rather than > shell out a chunky 9UK quid for a new one. > My lens cap has spent an hour on a pavement in the east end and a few days > ago it spent about 45 minutes lying on a walkway in Charing Cross station. > It's now much trodden on and a bit gnarled, but at least it waits for me.