Re: [Leica] Battery Acid

[Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>]

Glad your in one piece-so to speak- Here's to a speedy recovery!!
cheers Wilber

"B. D. Colen" wrote:

> Having Had  Near Death Experience on Aug. 11, Dr. Blacktape is looking for
> some Lugthoughts...
>
> A week ago this past Wednesday, while driving up Rt. 85 near Petersburg,
> Va., with 16-year-old son and 7-year-old dog in RAV4 Dr. Blacktape managed
> to briefly "nod off" at 4:30 in the afternoon and rolled aforementioned car
> and contents. Son and Poodle escaped miraculously uscathed. Dr. Btps style
> will be cramped for some months to come by a broken collar bone, five broken
> ribs, a crushed thoracic vertebra, and the need for a polysomething and
> what-not chest brace and neck collar....No permanent damage, however, again,
> miraculously....
>
> Laptop computer, M6, Nikon F, and lenses were in car when it did it's Maytag
> spin cycle...a number 0f the Leica lenses were totally trashed, which, given
> the circumstances, was to be expected....but...this is really weird...the 35
> Summilux Titanium ASPH looks perfect - now that it's cleaned up, but for
> surface splotches on the front element that look like nothing so much as
> areas where the coating was removed...Could this have been caused by battery
> acid? The body looks pretty good, although the bottom plate has an area
> where the finish was lifted...Battery acid?...I'll be sending both the M6
> and the Summilux to New Jersey for passport service, so we'll see what
> really is and isn't covered...
>
> As to the Nikon F---it's a bit muddy and bloody, but looks surprisingly
> good...but the shade on the 105 2.5 is mashed beyond repair....
>
> The lesson in all this is, of course, "Friends Don't Let Sleeping Friends
> Drive!"
>
> Meanwhile...two days before this disaster Dr.Blacktape's altered shot his
> first job using a new Sekonic 508...Mortgage the house! Sell the children!
> And get one. This was all Ilford XP2 Super shot under some pretty awful
> lighting conditions - bright afternoon son / harsh shadows/out
> doors...indoor stuff with dark rooms and bright window lighting....and
> everything is right on...
>
> Although...the one thing learned from this job is that I am no longer steady
> enough to shoot the Nikon with a 105 or longer at under a 125th and rely on
> getting a sharp neg...Not true, however, with the M...
>
> Forgive the ramblings, spellings, etc., but at this point I'm very
> overloaded on painkillers.....
>
> Best to all...and I look forward to next Friday, as I may be in the market
> for several lenses and a body..