Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/15
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Ted/BD/all,
I once read a paragraph in a Feininger book ("The Complete Photographer")
about the "qualifications" of a photographer. I recall that one of the
qualifications was "a capacity to 'handle' photographic equipment." Feininger
felt that some "personalities" were destructive to photographic tools
in general, and might have problems because of this.....he also added that
other folks, usually "amateurs", tended to OVER protect their gear, with
the never-ready case, caps, etc...and NEVER got around to making their
picture because they couldn't "expose" their valuable equipment to normal
use. I recall (from 20 years ago) that Feininger considered EITHER malady
to be a handicap to the potential photographer, and he seemed to think that
these were inherent tendencies, NOT just behaviors.......interesting....
In today's enlightened, we might even call them "illnesses".....!!!!!!!!!
:) :) :)
WAlt
On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 22:04:57 -0700 Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com> wrote:
> B.D. Wrote:
> >>> Isn't that clear plastic strip the thing you pull off and throw away
> when you
> > start USING the camera? ;-)<<<<<
>
> Hi B.D.,
> Quite correct as it's only there during shipping and becomes nothing more
> than a pain in the ass when you start using the camera as it's forever
> coming loose at the edges. Eventually any number of Leica m6 users finally
> throw them away.
>
> Others like myself pull it off as a part of the wrapping and chuck it
> immediately.
>
> However, Mark asked an honest question of wondering where he could buy the
> plastic and some of us ragged him over it unfairly, but I don't have any
> idea as I assume it comes from Germany when the camera is built.
>
> Bottomline? Your absolutely right.... throw it away as soon as you start
> shooting and using! ;-)
> ted
> Ted Grant Photography Limited
> www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
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