Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] I spent my whole life searching for prowess
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Wed Nov 15 20:21:15 2006

Wohooo,  well done that man. Curse that missing adaptor.
One am last night my Windows install died on my main life support system, I
mean computer. Charming. A complete rebuild ahead.

I've ordered my 1.4 50 asph (minty). I am trading away my Summicron and my
M3 (Sob!) To help pay for it. I'll keep you posted. Camera Exchange didn't
want to know about my Mamiya 645 I was  looking to sell.

Best of luck getting the M8 up and running.
Cheers

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Marty Deveney
Sent: Thursday, 16 November 2006 14:09
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] I spent my whole life searching for prowess

I have an M8. It is one of the first in Australia. Amusingly, I already
have a gripe. It isn't even charged yet. 

I'm irritated because it won't be charged until I get it home - because
the slip-on adaptor to make the battery charger fit an Australian
plug/socket is missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  All the others are there, but
the relevant one is absent.

At home I have an adaptor so I can use one of the other sockets so I'll
charge it tonight.

I'm admittedly a detail-oriented person, but it's just this kind of thing
that really infuriates me. I've had a lot of problems with my M7
(electronics, frame counter, seizing wind-on, several other things) and
I'm starting to think Leica and me just have some weird
can't-live-with-you, can't-live-without-you relationship. All I can
imagine is that someone at the distributor looked at the camera when it
arrived and left the Australian adaptor for the charger out when they put
everything back in.  It seems too coincidental that the missing adaptor
is the one that I need to be anything else.

I hope the camera is worth it.

Marty

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Replies: Reply from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] I spent my whole life searching for prowess)
In reply to: Message from freakscene at weirdness.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] I spent my whole life searching for prowess)