Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Simon Pulman-Jones <spulmanjones@lbs.ac.uk> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 19:05 Subject: [Leica] chrome cleaning > I've often thought that cameras that I've seen on > dealers shelves look as if something has been done > to the chrome to bring it back to life. Maybe they were carefully polished with paste wax. From what I've heard and seen of some buyers of Leica equipment, this would probably make a big difference to them. One Leica body that really impressed me was dangling from the arm of a professional photographer. It looked like it had fallen off a few buildings, gone down with the Titanic, and been road-killed once or twice. And yet the lens was crystal-clear, and it still operated smoothly and silently, from what I saw when he used it. It's that kind of ruggedness and reliability that makes my mouth water over a camera, and that's one of the reasons why I bought a Leica. I don't really care whether the chrome shines or not. But I guess there's no accounting for taste. -- Anthony