Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Wet Leicas
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Tue Aug 22 04:42:16 2006
References: <20060822040300.56184.qmail@web55903.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

On Aug 21, 2006, at 9:03 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote:

>
> That reminds me of the story I heard, oh, 20 years
> ago, about a photographer losing a bag full of gear in
> the middle of a set of rapids, while shooting a
> whitewater rafting trip. The bodies and lenses inside
> were all sealed into waterproofed plastic bags. The
> insurance company refused to payout on the lost
> equipment because, ostensibly, the gear was in OK
> shape, and, well, he knew exactly where it was.
>

The reasoning behind the cheap kayaking camera.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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