Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] in defense of tom finnigan....
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:02:04 -0500
References: <200011211704.MAA15619@unix3.netaxs.com>

Nice shot - and Leica stacking is why the top camera has such a cool lens
hood?!

BTW: Nice Hello Kitty sticker.  for maximum luck, it goes on the back of the
top plate, right side.

Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> since tom was sorely misrepresented in the leicastacking photo i'd posted
> previously, i present this one,
>
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/pad/46/leicastacking3.jpg
>
> where tom is saying "come on, ya east coast lightweight, finish that
> martini and put your M3 on top of this stack, ya coward! don't make us
> have to take you out back again and work you over with a sack of jupiter
> lenses."
>
> as you'll note from the lens hood, tom's m6 had already taken a fall that
> night after he'd balanced it on top of an M6J, a rusty M2 (that i was
> never fully convinced worked), my m6, RP Johnson's M6, somebody's gold
> plated luftwalffle iiic and a fabrige egg someone brought along because
> they didn't have enough leica's to stack.
>
> kc

In reply to: Message from Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com> ([Leica] in defense of tom finnigan....)