Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/10
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Adrian Bradshaw wrote:
>>>> Good luck hunting for the dot!<<<<<
Hi Adrian,
You should have seen me on hands and knees crawling around under patients
beds weeping and wailing searching for it. Then two guys in white suits
dragged me out and I found myself incarcerated in a straight jacket, until
Sandy came to my rescue and led me out of the hospital.
All the while me wailing, "Little red dot where are you?" :-) And trying to
wave my Leica with my arms tied behind my back. Hell of a "Leica moment"
missed by many! ;-)
One of life's little embarrassing events.
ted
Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "apbbeijing" <apbbeijing@yahoo.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Unfortunate accident removes red dot! Devastated
inVictoria! :-(
> Ted
>
> Try not to be too disheartened and keep your eye on eBay: the last one
sold
> (in Mint+++ condition) for several hundred dollars but it beats throwing
the
> dotless lens away. If Leica deigned to take on such an intricate procedure
> it is the kind of extensive repair job that would have to be sent back to
> Solms for half a year or so...;{)
>
> The big question is whether the old timer who applied these red dots to
> early Noctiluces has retired or not. The modern substitute is mere plastic
> whilst the original you have so carelessly lost was made of a rare
> radioactive resin now only available for military applications.
>
>
> Rs
>
> Adrian
> --
> Adrian Bradshaw
> Corporate and Editorial Photography
> Beijing, China
> tel/fax +86 10 6532 5112
> mobile +86 139 108 22292
> e-mail apbbeijing@yahoo.com
> OR adrianpeterbradshaw@compuserve.com
>
> website: http://www.apbphoto.com
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>
>
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