Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jem Kime wrote: in part. >I don't know if I've told this one before, but here goes: > >I had arranged to go on a short trip to Wetzlar/Solms with some >Leica-totin' buddies from Britain and chose to cycle there with a friend >(air flights between Manchester and Frankfurt). >We departed in the morning and after checking in at the airport I reached >for my camera to take a shot of us about to hand over our bikes into the >cargo. Imagine my dismay as I realised that the camera was still at home >after the previous evening's conversation.... >My friend decided I couldn't travel without a camera and so persuaded me >to buy >one at the Duty Free shop. I chose the cheapest 35mm camera I >could find (a >Fuji Clearshot, renamed 'Cheapshot'!) <<_______and rubber cemented a Leica logo, cut from a Wetzlar tourist map, over the Fuji insignia!________>>> Now that's cool and gutsy! :) Hey who's having fun here?:) Nice move! :) >It was like using a box camera again, no focus, no shutter speed dial, no >aperture, but it had a cute little flash that I experimented with! It was >amazing what I was able to do with that.>>>>>> > >On meeting up with the other Leica colleagues at the factory, they asked >about the plastic 'Leica' I was carrying and I managed to persuade a few of >them that it was the product of the R&D department loaned to me after my >heartbraking story! Fun and games...>>>>>>> Hey gang is this so difficult? It may not be "high tech" photography but it's what the hell it's supposed to be all about, FUN BIG TIME! Thanks Jem. ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant