Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Seeking SM body cap
From: Eng Yeo <farmboys@xtra.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 22:07:02 +1300

on 10/17/01 8:25 PM, Nathan Wajsman at wajsman@webshuttle.ch wrote:

> Very simple. I have 3 M bodies and 4 M lenses. Everything needs to fit into my
> Domke
> 803 satchel. Typically, my M3 body is loaded with either infrared film or
> Delta 3200,
> in other words, stuff I do not use on a daily basis. The two M6 bodies have
> Kodachrome and a normal B&W film respectively. So I have lenses on those two,
> ready
> for action, but the M3 is kept without a lens on to conserve space. So body
> caps are
> indeed useful. We all have different ways to use our equipment. I do not
> "store" any
> of mine, anything that does not see sufficient use is ruthlessly sold off.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Walter S Delesandri wrote:
> 
>> Help me out here.  I've done 35mm photography on and off for nearly 30 years
>> now,
>> and there's something I've NEVER understood.....What do you use a body cap
>> for?
>> I have one, it came with my M4P, and I have it in the box.
>> If you have at least one lens per body, then you don't need a body cap.  If
>> you
>> DON'T have one lens per body, then you have TOO MANY BODIES (sell me one, a
>> cheap
>> user M4)
>> I'm sorry if this sounds cynical, I HONESTLY have never found a use for a
>> body cap.  I guess if you were "storing" bodies, but then why not just put
>> them
>> in a zip-lock bag with silica gel?...
>> What DO ya'll use 'em for?
>> Walt
> 
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> 
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