Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] rare beast on eBay
From: Chandos Michael Brown <cmbrow@mail.wm.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 14:43:29 -0400

Context is everything.  There's no photo attached to the posting.  Most
readers, I assume, will understand the seller to mean that pictures of the
*camera* are available upon request.  At least that's how *I* read it;
though 16K is a bit rich for my blood.

CHandos


At 05:45 PM 9/10/98 +0200, you wrote:
>Dan Cardish wrote:
>>
>> Shutter/transport not in operating condition.
>> Beautifully clear photos available upon request.
>
>Hmm, interesting that it takes "beautifully clear pictures" when the
>shutter and transport are non-functional.
>
>The "upon request" bit sounds like the camera in Terry Pratchett's
>books: You ask the daemon inside to kindly paint you a picture... ;-)
>
>
>M.
>
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