Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/25

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Subject: Re: Vulcanite: [Leica] Friday FS: Nickel + Dime
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:45:15 -0500
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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.

Replies: Reply from Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com> (Re: Vulcanite: [Leica] Friday FS: Nickel + Dime)
In reply to: Message from Henry Ambrose <digphoto@telalink.net> (Re: Vulcanite: [Leica] Friday FS: Nickel + Dime)