Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]been there, done that. Sorry to hear of your "education". On 07/09/2005, at 4:00 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote: > 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! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair