Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, and did it take good pictures? Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information