Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bought my M^... went shooting stopped by the girl's office to say hi. We went to lunc... came back to her office set my camera down on her black coat which was on a chair.. OUT of Harms way... Her computer crashed I was fixing it when I heard it... Crash..... I slowly turned around to see Shannon with her coat in her hand and her mouth agape... my NEW leica was on the floor... CONCRETE floor that is... Couldn't find a mark on it... and it works just fine... including the flip off of the jacket it was probablally 21/2 feet... BUT Sherry said I managed to purchase a M6 that comes from the toughest group of them.... Jeremy - --- Michael Darnton <mdarnton@hotmail.com> wrote: > Are we telling Leica abuse stories again? Mine happened the day > I was > leaving the newsroom, which was on the third floor with a direct > stairway to streetlevel. As I reached out for the handrail I felt my M3 with RF 35 Summilux quickly slide down the arm of my nylon jacket and throw itself down the stairs. It hit EVERY step on the way down, like a Slinky. When it had gotten to the bottom and I'd gathered myself enough to follow, I discovered that the only damage was a blacked-out viewfinder. Strangely enough, the camera itself wasn't dented, nor was the lens damaged in any way, and everything except the viewfinder worked fine. I could even watch the > rangefinder patch drift back and forth against the black background > while I focused. I got it fixed, and never had any problems with it after that. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/