Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: "David just use gaffer tape! ;-) it holds the world to-gether. :-) Guaranteed to hold a little lens cap on." Ah yes, the world would fall to pieces without gaffa tape, plastic wood and cable ties...well I know *mine* would. Did I ever mention the time I mounted an F3T+MD4+20mm to the wing of a microlight using mostly cable ties and gaffa tape? The pilot was doing circuits, on the fourth or fifth one he landed out of sight on the other side of the airfield, removed the camera, and took off again. *MY* how we laughed as he made the next pass overhead... An old friend used to say that smooth duct tape was a sure sign of craftsmanship. "Or better yet, just lose the cap, feel bad for a little while, forget it isn't there and get on with picture taking." I have this idea that if the number of lens caps I can find ever reaches parity with the number of lenses I own, something really bad will happen. I have no idea where they go. If I'm really unlucky young Honeyball will be along in a minute to tell everyone about my 90mm f5.6 Super Angulon XL which has lost both its caps, and lives in an old sock as a consequence. Maybe I should just throw *all* the caps away? It's a very tempting thought. - -- David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html