Re: [Leica] Quality Control

["SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com>]

Walter, I appreciated your discussion, and it probably WAS Cassidy
brutalizing his camera.  He's known to do such things.

I just wanted to introduce my new Commemorative Leica just in time for
the Holiday Season, (What Holiday?, Pick One, everyday is a Holiday
with a SonC Special edition Leica!)

Take a look here!

 http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm

Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter S Delesandri" <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Cc: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Quality Control


> >  Lenses were not
> > > designed to be looked at with magnifiers. They were designed to
take
> > > pictures with.
> > >
> >
> > Where EVER did you get such a silly idea? ;-)
> >
> > B. D.
> > --
> B.D., this is a problem I've seen cropping up again in recent
years.....in the
> 70s and 80s, Leicas were used little...they were kept in velveteen
bags in a
> safe WHERE THEY BELONG....as investments...."users" were old men in
their
> 60s and 70s, and since their equipments' value had already been
destroyed by
> meter marks, cleaning marks, etc, we didn't worry about it...  All
the
> EXC or better gear was bought by resellers from widows of doctors
and lawyers,
> and sold to PROPER collectors, those with beards, BMWs and
safes...folks who
> could properly care for it.
>
> However, I've noticed in the last few years some younger punks have
been
> seen with Leicas, late model clean ones that could some day be
valuable...HORRORS...and
> they're SHOOTING WITH THEM!!!--there's some subversive movement
here, I think...
> One "artsy" looking fellow was even seen with an M and lens SITTING
ON A TABLE
> in a coffee shop here in town...just sitting there, unprotected, no
E/R case,
> no filter or lens cap, bent up hood (!!!)....and he was talking,
drinking coffee
> and smoking a cigarette....all with the camera sitting there
unprotected, hardly
> receiving any reverence at all...I thought about taking it away from
him, but
> it was already worthless, except maybe as a parts camera, and even
then you'd wonder
> about the condition of the gears/etc...after MANY rolls of film (at
LEAST 20 rolls
> had been through it, I'm sure)--so I just walked out in disgust (he
was also bigger
> and younger than me, with a leather jacket, and I'd already had one
ass-whipping
> that day)
>
> I've heard that their leader is named Kyle or something, a KNOWN
trouble-maker,
> one of them Gen-X "computer types"...the LUG might have to enlist
the help of the
> LHSA to root out and rectify the problem---before it becomes wide
spread....if not
> stopped, these folks could accidentally find an M4 or something at
an estate
> sale and then they
> MIGHT have it CLA'd, thereby destroying the mandatory "L" seal, and
rendering it
> worthless...this trend must end, we must band together and "nip it
in the bud"...
>
> Please help us with donations if you're too damn old to
> take up arms in this matter,
> Sincerely,
> Walt in Denton, Tx.
>
>
>
>
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