Re: [Leica] Trashed SL

[S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

cedilla=cadillac

S Dimitrov wrote:

> I was covering a labor dispute at the time. While the workers were
> gathering at a park I decided to wait on the sidewalk in front of the
> factory. They were due to picket at any time. The owner came out with
> his family and started in on what I was doing. At the same time he was
> crowding me with his chest, a cop thing as he was a retired reserve
> captain with the LA sheriff's dept. When I raised my camera to my chest,
> and asking if he wouldn't mind being photographed he went ballistic. In
> his attempt to snatch the camera and his groping at me I fell down on
> the SL, the impact completely collapsed the prism housing and warped the
> lens mount. That part didn't bother so much but when he went to his
> cedilla and came back with a black jack I knew that the s---- was
> getting a little too deep. I called the sheriff and did a citizen's
> arrest, sued him and won. Since the SL was a total loss I replaced it
> with a R6, which doesn't compare with an SL.  The SL I left with Rudy
> Ling as I didn't need the paper weight. Besides the SL is too thin to
> use as a tire block, unlike my Rollei SLX body which does just fine to
> keep my car from rolling while jacked on one side.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov