Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] beater cameras
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Sep 25 19:25:34 2004
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Unless I move to Canada or a similar latitude, I treat the camera like a 
pet or child (never leave them in a car that is hot). A friend of mine left 
his Contax T3 in the glove compartment of his truck IN ALABAMA for a year. 
He lent it to me and it was in perfect shape. I consider him lucky!

Jeffery

At 01:33 PM 8/18/2004, you wrote:
>The only problem with keeping a "beater" camera in the car is heat.
>Old glues and lubricants don't like heat. For a while I kept my old
>Minolta SLR in the trunk, but it sat in a small Styrofoam cooler,
>wrapped in an old t-shirt.
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>Feli
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