Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The title of my original posting made it clear that the message was addressed to LUG members who are collectors. However, Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> wrote: >I'll soften the blow by offering $900 US for your 'violated and molested' camera....it'll be disassembled and used only for parts, of course, to keep such a horrendously modified beast out of circulation........ and my friends wonder why I'd rather paint houses than go back into camera repair..... :) Sorry Walter, it's not for sale - as one of the last cameras to leave the production line bearing the Leitz name, it's a prized possession. (I love using classic Leitz-era cameras for work - it sometimes freaks the clients!) As "fitting for a princess descended of so many royal kings" she has now been refitted with what I'm told was the last Leitz red badge available at Leica UK. The "cunning workman" who did the job even removed the minute mark which his predecessor had made in the front plate when removing the original badge - how's that for craftsmanship? A camera-repair technician with that level of skill and attention to detail is in no danger of having to earn his living as a house painter! Regards, Doug Richardson