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Subject: Re: [Leica] Don't put a filter on your lens you said. I ignoredy ou andgues s what...
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:04:50 -0800
References: <9A205CEA32FED411B6670002A513ABCE195E1269@exlon01.lehman.com>

Neil

I know of a PJ who got one of his Nikons ruined by a demonstrator
at a World Trade riot.  The water pistol was loaded with urine!

Since Nikon has no "Passport", his insurance company paid.

Jerry

"Beddoe, Neil" wrote:

> That's why they got nicked.  It wasn't loaded though, they had no access to
> running water.
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Lehrer [mailto:jerryleh@pacbell.net]
> Sent: 17 February 2003 17:34
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Don't put a filter on your lens you said. I ignored
> you andgues s what...
>
> Neil
>
> Is that a machine pistol that I see pointed in the air?
>
> Jerry
>
> "Bedded, Neil" wrote:
>
> > I was running around half photographing, half joining in on Saturday's
> > London demonstration when my big Nikon 80-200 bashed against a street
> > railing and I bent the thread on the UV filter.  Now the bloody thing is
> > stuck fast and refuses to move.  Now I've got a £30 filter which is
> > scratched to buggery, firmly attached to a Mint £700 lens.
> >
> > Another thing.  You were right about mixing developer with distilled
> water.
> > The pictures are mediocre but they've got absolutely no drying marks or
> > gunk.
> >
> > Anyway only seven people were arrested and here's the moment just before
> > they were nabbed:
> >
> > http://www.leica-gallery.net/beddoe/image-39787.html
> >
> > A pretty poor shot but I was surrounded by authentic smash-the-state
> > anarchists and was scared witless.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
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In reply to: Message from "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com> (RE: [Leica] Don't put a filter on your lens you said. I ignored y ou andgues s what...)