Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes Tina, I remember seeing you lens shade on one of your M6's and it looked like it hit "many" things harder that the floor of your car. hehehehe Cheers Wilber - ----- Original Message ----- From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] I need help from Mom (was 35 Summicrons (wasRe:VoigtlanderUltra-Wide) > At 09:16 PM 9/28/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Tina, DO NOT put the Leica on the seat beside you, unless it wears its > >seat belt! More than once packages on my seat have not stayed there when > >I had to use the brake hard (an object in motion stays in motion...). > >And if you do not ever need to use the brake that hard, either no driver > >in front to you ever stops suddenly to make a turn, or you are driving > >that Miata much too slowly. > > > >Jesse > > Jesse - > > You forget about the automatic restraining device that all mothers > have. When I step on the brakes, my right arm automatically extends to > prevent anything in the passenger seat from going forward. My Leica is in > no danger of hitting the floor (although most of them have hit things > harder than the floor of the Miata!) > > I took my new Bessa-L and 15 mm lens out for a drive today - fun! You > couldn't hear the loud shutter over the wind as I sped along the country > roads snapping away. Don't know when I'll find time to develop all of this > film! > > Tina > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com >