Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henry - but they don't have red leatherette! : ) Henry Ambrose wrote: > Dante A Stella wrote: > >It was a poor choice of material - but Leitz was not alone. Konica made > >their > >Model I with Vulcanite and it is a chronic problem on that camera, too. > > If they had only thought to make the camera from stone then the only > problem would have been damage from acid rain. > > Some of these cameras are 45 years old. I a little older than that and > I'm not quite as pretty as I was 45 years ago! My skin has wrinkled a > bit. Maybe I'll get recovered. > > :) > Henry > > PS > Send it off and get it fixed nice so it pleases you - isn't that really > what its about? > It would be nice to forget that these cameras are valuable objects and > just enjoy them as great cameras.