[Leica] The M9 Has Supernatural Powers

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Yeah, I would more likely forget a kid than a camera anymore.  ;-)

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think incidents like these burn a permanent path in our synapses. The
> chances of it happening again, at least to us amatures who give up our
> children's education to purchase these wonder items, are very slim.
>
> There is always now that brief pause before moving on, "do I have
> everything?!"
>
> Let's hope so anyway :-)
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.raflexions.com
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> From: Jerry Justianto <jsjgroups at gmail.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:56:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The M9 Has Supernatural Powers
>
> Neil,
>
> it is like a happy ending nerve-breaking hollywood movie.
>
> I have similar experience with my M6, 35 cron and 75 lux during my
> flight from osaka to Honolulu.
>
> We left the plane to take care of my 4 little daughters, at the Visa
> counter I just realized my camera bag was fogotten left on the seat.
> It took me 1 hour to find that the plane crew found it.
>
> Jerry
>
> On 9/21/09, Neil Beddoe <Neil.Beddoe at raidllp.com> wrote:
> > I took mine on a cycle ride with my children yesterday and had it in a
> small
> > camera bag in a pannier on the back of my bike.  We stopped in a
> playground
> > on the way back and I was just putting the camera in its case when my
> > daughter fell over and started to cry.  I quickly stuffed it  back in the
> > pannier thinking "I must remember to put that away properly" and picked
> her
> > up for a cuddle.  Anyway, we left the park and cycled home for a couple
> of
> > miles along footpaths and busy roads.  When I got home there was some
> minor
> > domestic emergency which occupied me for about 40 minutes and after it
> was
> > dealt with I went to the bike to get the camera to load the pictures onto
> > the computer.  No M9 and attached 35 summiliux!
> >
> > I ran around the house in a panic and looked in all the places I might
> have
> > left it when I got home but no camera.  Having descended into a headless
> > chicken impersonation, I jumped back on the bike and set off the way I
> had
> > come home.  After about half a mile I came across it peacefully sitting
> > right in the middle of a gravel path unmarked and apparently enjoying the
> > view.  My son and I cycle on the path regularly and I estimate that about
> 20
> > people walk past in an average hour so the fact that nobody saw it and
> > picked it up is incredibly.
> >
> > I don't believe in luck but I think I've got a four standard deviation
> M9.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
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