Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Red dots on show at London Lugnuts meeting
From: "Martin V. Howard" <marho@ida.liu.se>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:16:26 +0100

Doug Richardson wrote:
>
> Most bizzare item of kit had to be Jeremy Kime's  25mm f12 Kodak
> SuperPanoramic. Although several guys tried this novel third-party
> M-series lens, at one point it had to be returned to the manufacturer
> for a warranty repair. The fault was due to a failure of  a major
> structural component of the mounting -- the sticky tape -- but the
> repair was done on site and the lens returned to its user in
> minutes -- a speed which puts Leica to shame.
> 

LOL!! Wonderful!  Especially the "had to be returned to the manufacturer"
bit ;-)  I'm glad to see that that manufacturer honours this warranty.
Would that be the same as a UK Passport? ;)


> Most common photographic subject - one's fellow lugnuts

Hmmm, not sure if that prudent in a public place...  It's in sentences
like those that the placement of apostrophes and S:s becomes *really*
crucial ;-)


M.

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