Re: [Leica] Leica Horror Stories

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>]

I find this story particularly unbelievable.   The 90mm Summicron-M- the
later one with the built in hood?????  Who are you tring to kid?

Dan C.

;-)


At 10:46 AM 05-03-00 -0500, Dan Post wrote:
>Okay! Okay!
>
>While I was out with a beautiful model, (she looked like Darryl Hannah, only
>she had fiery red hair!)  we heard on the radio that a serial killer had
>escape the County Prison unit.
>Since the only large town was on the other side of the prison from where we
>were shooting glamour shots with the blooming dogwood trees as backdrop: we
>felt that he would not be coming our way.
>He was a particularly nasty fellow that liked to throttle his victims and
>then disembowel them with the hook he had on his right arm.
>Well, we proceded to do about 30 or 35 rolls of Velvia, using my M3, and the
>90mm Summicron-M- the later one with the built in hood, and the 135 Elmar as
>well as a few with the Summicron 50 DR, when the light had started to fade-
>it was about 2 pm. So with the light failing, we decided to go get a bit of
>late lunch.
>As we were pulling away, we were pulling away, we were startled by a
>'thump', but figured that the car had gone over a rock or tree limb on the
>ground, there in the woods.
>Well, after lunch and taking the model back to her college dorm, you can
>imagine my horror in finding a bloody hook hanging from the rear bumper
>hitch of the car when I went to retrieve my camera gear....
>Fortunately, the camera and all the lenses were safely nestled in their
>Billingham 335 bag, in the trunk, and had not been harmed at all! Boy! Was I
>ever relieved!
>
>Dan, Wes Craven ought to use Leica Lenses, Post
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