Re: [Leica] damnit!

[John <bosjohn@mediaone.net>]

Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> 
> so i'm out shooting with my m6 yesterday, it's dark out, i'm shooting by
> street light ... i get to the end of a roll, wait! what's this! great shot
> coming up! two people walking towards me carrying a huge plastic cow
> upside down on their backs. i rewind my film, fast fast fast, remove the
> baseplate -- people and cow getting closer! -- remove old film, put in new
> film, close up baseplate -- wind click! wind click! wind click! -- they're
> on top of me! no time to meter, grab the shot! got it! wshew! off to shoot
> more -- about five shots later, i tilt the camera up to take a shot of a
> building spire, something cold flaps onto my cheek -- the backplate!
> damnit! i put the baseplate on without properly seating the backplate!
> @#$@#$! -- remove the -- what?! where the heck is my base plate! nothing
> but FILM here at the bottom of my camera (gloves on, you know, can't feel
> a thing) -- run back along the route i traversed (thanks for the snow, i
> know exactly where i went) -- ah ha! here's my baseplate, in three inches
> of snow. wipe it off on my shirt, put it back on the camera -- off again.
> 
> where did those two guys with the plastic cow go?
> 
> kc
> 
> moral of the story? who knows.
I got just what you need, a 72 half frame.
John