Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Strange how the mind works. Like you I had a fantastic Plath brass sextant. It went deep six one night by accident and ever since I have felt remorse when I took its (cheaper) replacement out of the box. GPS seems to have cured me. Will I feel the same taking a digital camera out of its box I wonder? Alan - ---------- > Från: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net> > Till: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Ämne: [Leica] plastic verses metal (sextants) > Datum: den 14 september 2000 00:17 > > Alan Hull wrote: > > > The following is from the Cruising World magazine website. It is > >about plastic verses metal sextants for astro-navigation. Sound > >familiar? > > Alan, > Wonderful comparison. And as someone who owns and treasures a WWII > brass Naval sextant, heavy and smooth and so much easier to get accurate > sights with than even the best plastic sextants (of which I own two). > > donal > (who won't admit, no sir, even under threat of keelhauling that using a > GPS is much easier, especially with a queasy stomach.) > __________ > Donal Philby > San Diego > www.donalphilby.com