Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Spotmatic was Why DO we spend so much money on
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 09:12:01 -0500
References: <B6719EF8.3964%howard.390@osu.edu>

Yeah, but never underestimate the importance of a (few) good bottle(s) 
of wine!

Martin Howard wrote:

> Dante A Stella jotted down the following:
> 
>> And the thing about it that will start the flame war is that the B+W MCR KR1.5
>> on the front was what sealed the lens assembly from all moisture. It formed an
>> air- and water-tight tube with the lens barrel, protecting all the vitals of
>> the camera. So much for skylights being useless.
> 
> 
> Of course, most of just would rather just refrain from tossing our cameras
> into the snow over night and dispense with the UV filter... ;)
> 
> M. 
> 

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