Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, did you also trip over it? S.d. On Sep 1, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > John, > > Ya gotta realize that sometimes tools do drop and fall onto hard > stuff. I remember once I slipped and > dropped a SNAP-ON 1/2 inch drive, ratchet wrench on my paved stone > driveway! Oh the agony ;-) > > Jerry > > > > > Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> John, every Leica owner on the list feels your pain (or should). >> At least >> you now have an honorable scar but not a repair bill. >> There is no sadder sound than the thunk of Leica meeting stone! >> >> 2009/9/1 John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> >> >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I suppose it has to happen some time, but it is painful when it >>> does. I've >>> had my M6 for ten years now, put thousands of films through it, >>> taken it >>> all >>> over the world - up tributaries on the Amazon in dugout canoes, >>> across >>> India, up Kilmanjaro, etc. - but have never dropped it. This >>> summer I was >>> walking around a French chateau when the split ring on the strap >>> worked >>> itself off and the camera dropped off my shoulder onto the stone >>> floor. Of >>> course it had on a heavier lens than my usual 35mm Summicron, the >>> 90mm >>> Elmarit. It was more painful than when I cut off half my big toe >>> with a >>> lawnmover. I staggered to a cafe and ordered a double espresso >>> and a large >>> brandy to calm myself down before checking the camera out. The >>> damage: a >>> dent on the camera body just below the winder and a bent lens >>> hood. It >>> still seemed to be able to focus as before and the shutter fired >>> OK. I put >>> plenty more film through it since the drop and have got used to >>> its war >>> wounds, though they do ache when the weather is damp. I am now >>> steadily >>> developing all the film. The negatives look as good as ever, >>> though I have >>> yet to scan them, but I envisage no problem. >>> >>> The cause of the disaster. I do not like plastic and so I had >>> replaced the >>> strap that came with the camera with a leather (for Leica) one >>> from Luigi ( >>> http://www.leicatime.com/). The split ring had worked off the >>> camera once >>> before, though I noticed it in time. I should have taken that for a >>> warning >>> and gone back to the plastic Leica strap. However, I did try to >>> cannibalise >>> the rings of the genuine Leica strap on to the leather one but >>> without >>> success. Needless to say I now have the genuine plastic strap on >>> my M6. >>> >>> Yours, >>> >>> John >>> >>> -- >>> John Beeching >>> http://johnbeeching.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information