Re: [Leica] Out Damned Spot!

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>]

Buzz Hausner wrote:
> 
> I recently promised myself not to try and be funny on the LUG ever again,
> which promise I have blithely violated.  US$575 for a new curtain was a
> joke, albeit an un-funny joke.<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Hi Buzz,
Sure it was funny!  Anyone with half a humour cell would know it was a
tongue in cheek posting!  :-)  Like gee whiz eh, common humour eh! :-)

Some folks miss humour in the morning before the coffee has had time to
kick in! ;-)

ted 
Victoria, Canada
http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bergman, Mark A. [mailto:mabergm@nppd.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:42 AM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Out Damned Spot!
> 
> I don't know what Solms plans are but I can tell you in today dollars it
> doesn't cost no stinkin $575 to replace the curtain.  I recently proved that
> lens' caps do have a function when I burned a hole in my shutter curtain
> (the curtain with the spot).  Sherry Kraunter charged me around $250 to
> replace the curtain and do a CLA, plus insurance and return shipping.  The
> curtain was around a $60 part.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buzz Hausner [mailto:Buzz@marianmanor.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 7:19 AM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: [Leica] Out Damned Spot!
> 
> Solms plans for the gray meter spot to turn yellow at approximately sixteen
> years, at which point the camera must go back to have the curtain replaced
> at a cost of nearly US$575.00.  Really, Javier, just keep taking
> pictures...when your meter seems to be going off a bit have your shutter
> speeds checked and keep taking pictures.  Getting consistently bad exposures
> at both high and low speeds?  Get the meter calibrated by a good repair
> person and then keep taking pictures.  Follow these guidelines for about
> fifty years at which point your children can keep taking pictures with your
> Ms.
> 
>         Buzz Hausner
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Javier Perez [mailto:summarex@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 8:59 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fw: Leica FS
> 
> Hi
> I have been wondering about the longevity of metered Ms for
> awhile. Specifically, is there any indication that the colour of the
> white curtain dot won't change with age to something yellowish
> or off white? That would throw off the meter for sure.
> Javier