Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> Subject: [Leica] The Horror! > Yep, it happened this weekend: a family trip to Phantasialand, a theme park > in Germany, so lots of opportunities to shoot interesting stuff. > At the end of the very sunny 1st day I trusted my cherished M4-2 to a family > member because I wanted to do a wild 'n wet ride. So no M territory. > I left my M with a Summicron and shade (no cap) in the hands of my father in > law and, after the ride, continued shooting everything that came in my FOV. > Today I got the negatives developed: a white blob on everything shot after > day 1! > I checked the lenses I used (35 and 50): nothing. > I checked the shutter curtains: holes. :-( > Guess he left it lying on a table to give the sun a good opportunity to ruin > the curtains while I was having fun... Only 15 minutes at f.22 were enough. > Damn. I learned my lesson: I still think my father in law is a great guy. > But if I ever hand him any camera again, I'll explain him some basic stuff > first. > > I hope I can get it repaired before the BLUG. If not it'll be a BDLUG for > me... > > Damn! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Hi Philippe, 4 examples of why I feel your pain! http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/posts/Holed_Curtain.html --Graham