Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/06

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Perennial PIA
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 07:02:29 +0200 (MEST)

I was really wondering why there was a spot of duct tape on the curtain of
my M2 :)

Daniel

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Jim Shulman wrote:

> Urban Legend?  You can have the very expensive piece of toasted Leica
> cloth extricated from my "urban legend" M2, which just returned from the
> shop with a new curtain after an impromptu roasting.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of SonC
> (Sonny Carter)
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 4:16 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Perennial PIA
>
> It can happen if you lay your camera on the car seat facing up, and
> the sun comes in the window, or you lay the camera on the picnic table
> . . .  Or your kid, working on a science fair project points the ruby
> laser into the aperture . . .
>
> SonC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Cc: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Perennial PIA
>
>
> > > Lens covers are very important on a rangefinder.  It doesn't take
> very long
> > > for the sun to burn a hole through the shutter!
> >
> > Has that every really happened, or is it an urban legend?
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > >
> > > Don
> > >
> > >
> > > >Ok. I just managed to lose a lens cap again. Is there an
> inexpensive
> > > >source for these annoying things?
> > >
> > > >- -Lew S
> > >
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