Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Trashed SL
From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 04:38:31 -0500
References: <3A2367A3.5FB89271@earthlink.net> <3A236C8F.A043E7C2@earthlink.net>

Wow!
You lead an interesting life.
You should have gotten an R8
The prism dome is already pre-collapsed!
See Ya
Javier

S Dimitrov wrote:

> cedilla=cadillac
>
> S Dimitrov wrote:
>
> > I was covering a labor dispute at the time. While the workers were
> > gathering at a park I decided to wait on the sidewalk in front of the
> > factory. They were due to picket at any time. The owner came out with
> > his family and started in on what I was doing. At the same time he was
> > crowding me with his chest, a cop thing as he was a retired reserve
> > captain with the LA sheriff's dept. When I raised my camera to my chest,
> > and asking if he wouldn't mind being photographed he went ballistic. In
> > his attempt to snatch the camera and his groping at me I fell down on
> > the SL, the impact completely collapsed the prism housing and warped the
> > lens mount. That part didn't bother so much but when he went to his
> > cedilla and came back with a black jack I knew that the s---- was
> > getting a little too deep. I called the sheriff and did a citizen's
> > arrest, sued him and won. Since the SL was a total loss I replaced it
> > with a R6, which doesn't compare with an SL.  The SL I left with Rudy
> > Ling as I didn't need the paper weight. Besides the SL is too thin to
> > use as a tire block, unlike my Rollei SLX body which does just fine to
> > keep my car from rolling while jacked on one side.
> >
> > Slobodan Dimitrov


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