Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff, I am glad you got yours fixed, but the part where someone said it could not be fixed makes me feel REAL warm and fuzzy. Thanks LOL Seriously I hope this is not the case. This M6 is my favorite one, it is one of the "original" style, I also have a TTL 0.85 version and it just feels different, I far prefer my old M6 to my new one. Also I just got the frame upgrade done...it better not be toast. Jeff S. Matsler wrote: > Ouch! > > Last October I was at my old alma mater for homecoming (1st time since > I graduated). Staying at a La Quinta Inn (everything else in town was > booked as I decided to go last minute). > > Upon returning to my room and stooping for the doorknob, my Domke > strap slipped off my shoulder and my M3 / VC Meter and 50mm Summicron > DR fell 2 feet or less to the concrete sidewalk. As with yours, it > took about 10 minutes to hit, but there was nothing I could do to save > it. I looked it over and it all seemed fine. However, when I got > ready to change rolls of film, I discovered that the film side of the > camera had been dented ever so minutely - but enough to prevent me > from unloading / loading film. I called around and was told the > camera was toast, so I bought an M5 - which I'd been wanting ever > since I bought my M3. The size is right for my hands and the spot > meter is wonderful. > > Anyway, a good friend and a member of this group suggested that all > might not be lost. He is a machinist among other things and felt he > could re-bend the brass back to its original form. I sent it to him > and a few weeks later it returned as good as new. So now, along with > my M5 and CLE, I have my original M3 again as well. Now I carry > slide, b/w and high speed wherever I happen to be. > > It sounds as if you've done something similar - using this as an > excuse to get another body. Consider this an opportunity. ;-) > > But still, I feel you pain. -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog