Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Ted Grant wrote: >> >> From: Tristan Tom >> >>>>How big of a jolt does it take to knock the Leica rangefinder out of >> > alignment? Dop they just go out with time and normal usage? I'm just >> > curious how careful I need to be with it. I've already knocked it >> > around a bit,<<<<<< >> >> Tristan, >> Don't sweat it! This camera can handle a good amount of abuse. Heck you've >> admitted you've banged it a few times and nothing happens. >> >> I've been banging mine around the world since 1985 and the rangefinders are >> still fine. > Hell, my M6 bounced around inside my RAV4 when I rolled it - at least > twice, my son claims three times or more - at 65 miles an hour. The car > was totalled, I was smashed up, my 35 ASPH had what seemed to be batter > acid on the front element - and there was NOTHING wrong with the > rangefinder.... > > > >> The only thing knocked out of alignment I've experienced with a Leica, are a >> couple of front teeth when I jumped over a fence on assignment and when I >> landed one of the Leicas' came up and smacked me in the mouth! One might >> say, "Completely throwing them out of alignment!" ;-) True guys! >> >> And it hurt and I bled like a stuck pig! And I still had to keep shooting, >> as this was a one time only situation! Aaaaaaah life is hell in the >> trenches! ;-) >> ted >> >> Ted Grant Photography Limited >> www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > That is all very nice guys!! I had an M2 slip off a coffee table and fall about 14" to a carpeted floor and knock the rangefinder out of alignment. Steve Annapolis