Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ben wrote: <<who of you beat on your M's to the point where they are ugly? Wild.>>> Hi Ben, I've seen guys who were staff photographers on an un-named newspaper that were all supplied with Hasselblads and multi lenses and they just trashed them like they were nothing. And I've seen similar things by others with 35mm gear supplied by the employer. The reason you see this on occaision is due to the supplied gear at no cost to the photographer. Those of us who fork out the bread for our own gear treat it much better than in some cases, those who are supplied. Mine are worked with multi numbers of rolls going through them and under some of the worst weather and industrial environments, but I don't beat them or throw them around carelessly. If they get broke, I pay! If they get broke and have to be fixed, I pay due to lost assignment revenue. So whomever was the user of the the camera in question must not have treated it with any care what so ever. A shame. ted