Re: [Leica] Lens cleaning

[Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

BTW, I had to add (yes, again) to my rant.  I wasn't clear on my
last tyrade (sp?) -- I have nothing BUT respect for the people 
(call 'em what you want -- they do the same to us)  who BUILD
the cameras, ADJUST the cameras, AND (god forbid) SERVICE the 
cameras.  "THEY" do what they're told, to the absolute best 
of their ability.  It's the Mr./Mrs./Ms "engineer-person" or 
the idiot accountants/controllers of "specific ethnicity" that 
I was criticizing in my last post.  Didn't want to "offend" the 
"wrong" sensitive-victim-person......
BTW, my mentor/camera mechanic/person of Germanic origin tried 
working for Leitz (US) -- He said that they couldn't do decent 
work because they had some nazi (his word) look at them and 
his watch while they worked - for well below market pay -- 
worrying about the length of time they spent on their repairs.
Sounds like a case could be made for the excellent independent 
Leica repair people, doesn't it.......kinda explains "Leitz
quality control variability" don't it????  

CU later, now way-the-hell-off-ANY subject at hand....,
Walt

On Wed,
25
Nov 1998, Walter S Delesandri wrote:

> Hi, Joe, and ALSO, no offense intended EVEN to the "professional" 
> victims of today.  Try P.C. on the next generation.
> BTW, I had a helluva lot more respect for these great men (from the 
> generation when "Japanese craftspersons" or "German craftspeople" 
> (90s terminology) built the M4 and the Nikon F and F2 than for the 
> corporate bean counters turning out AF crap lens barrells or that 
> maladjusted piece of shit (M4-?, M6) they're STAMPING out (literally) 
> today.
> And yes, I have a new one.   And as my "kraut" mentor joked, "It's 
> an O.K. camera, now that I finished it!!!"  (referring to my 
> then-new M4-P.
> 
> The corporate a**holes (don't want to "offend" anyone) need to 
> worry less about "hostile work environments" and "derogatory
> name-calling" and worry more about adjusting the damn cameras
> before gluing (YES-gluing-in the G*D*MN LEICA) the F**King 
> adjustments. 
> 
> Well, there, I started it up again......
> 
> Walt the W.O.P. (not really, I gots mah papers)
> 
> On
> Wed,
> 25 Nov 1998, Joe Stephenson wrote:
> 
> > Dear Walt,
> > No offense intended, but the terms "Jap" and "ol' kraut" are "disparaging
> > and offensive" according to the Random House Dictionary, and probably by
> > many LUG members.
> > Sincerely,
> > Joe Stephenson
> > [cut]
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > >BTW, Lighter fluid first (screw ROR) -- or carburetor cleaner!!
> > >Learned this trick from a genuine Pentax Jap friend.  Gets the
> > >oil off.  Then follow with (cloudy) ammonia...  Clean flannel
> > >sheet scrap or well laundered cloth diaper.  Worked in a
> > >camera repair shop and the ol' Kraut I worked for wouldn't
> > >allow a piece of lens paper in the joint....This was Stumpf
> > >Photo Optical, Houston, Tx. -- Karl Stumpf -- The most known,
> > >respected, crotchety, ornery ol' bastard in the free world.
> > >AND the best (leica, rollei, nikon F/F2/SP etc.) repairman
> > >in the south 20 years ago..........I'm proud to say that I
> > >learned 10% of what he knew, and I was a damn good repairman
> > >until the A1/F3/X700 put ALL of us out of business (by choice).
> > >CU later, Walt
> > >
> > >
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