Re: [Leica] Noctilux Red dot arrival! :-)

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

Hi Rolf old buddy you just saved my butt for the operation scheduled for 7
a.m to-morro as I forgot about the nitrogen level! Whew!!! Saved in the nick
of time.:-)
ted
Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Rolf Katzenstein" <rgk@farmington.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 5:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Noctilux Red dot arrival! :-)


> The critical part is replacing the nitrogen at precisely 125psi (68F) to
> keep the lens elements spaced properly. If you don't pressurize the lens
> properly, you'll get DOF @ f1 and there goes the bokeh.
> Rolf
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Grant [mailto:tedgrant@home.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 6:10 PM
> To: LUG
> Subject: [Leica] Noctilux Red dot arrival! :-)
>
>
> Howdy gang,
>
> You can all relax now,  I am saved! :-)
>
> The good Sal de Marco jnr. acquired an emergency red dot from Leica, then
> had it shipped via US Airforce  medical relief aircraft to Victoria, where
> they did a low level pass over the house dropping the red dot right in my
> hands.! Damn those guys sure can fly! ;-)
>
> The only problem? They were moving right over the tree tops at about Mach
2,
> scared the hell out of the neighbour's chickens.  Damnedest scene you can
> imagine, two hundred featherless chickens running all over the place! ;-)
>
> Not to mention the neighbour with his shot gun blasting away at the
aircraft
> as it sped out of sight.
>
> Now comes the crucial part of the operation, replacing the red dot in
> exactly the correct position to avoid red dot failure in the future. One
> must have the deft hand of a surgeon in replacing the red dot precisely in
> the designated spot to avoid future right hand flare. This also requires
the
> correct infinitesimal dab of crazy glue or the lens will forever be
flaring
> to the right in each frame.
>
> A further medical report will be issued at 12 PST to-morrow.
>
> ted
> PS: You can tell we are snowed in here today with nothing better to do
with
> time! ;-)
>
>  Ted Grant Photography Limited
> www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant