RE: [Leica] Don't you know cloth is GOOD?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

DR. BLACKTAPE KNOW THAT EVEN YOU MUST BE KIDDING WHEN YOU SUGGEST THAT...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 10:05 PM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Don't you know cloth is GOOD?
> 
> 
> BD,
> 
> Why on earth would Leica want to change the curtain? If it gets fungus
> repairing it would keep their service revenues going.  
> 
> Peter K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 8:41 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Don't you know cloth is GOOD?
> 
> 
> DR. BLACKTAPE WANTS TO BE SURE HE UNDERSTANDS THIS CORRECTLY...
> 
> Almost 27 years ago Leica knew that the cloth shutters were a 
> source of body
> fungus? In fact, if the book was published 27 years ago, 
> Leica had probably
> known about the problem for a long time before that.
> 
> Do we therefore assume that the shutters are still a source 
> of fungus, or do
> we assume that it was possible for them, in a period of only 
> 27 years, to
> eliminate the problem?
> 
> Inquiring Minds Want To Know.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> > Dan Cardish
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 9:23 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Don't you know cloth is GOOD?
> >
> >
> > As long as it isn't contagious.  Try explaining that to your doctor!
> >
> > Dan C.
> >
> > At 03:02 PM 09-11-99 -0400, you wrote:
> > >
> > >Mike,
> > >Actually the cloth shutter should scare everybody because
> > according to the
> > >15th edition (1973) of the Leica Manual the cloth shutter is
> > the source of
> > >fungus in Leica M bodies, especially if you live in a humid area.
> > >Steve
> > >Annapolis
> >
> >
> > NO ARCHIVE
> >
> >
> >
> >
>