Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roy, I think you've got real problems ............. with your photo. gear. B. On 30-apr-2006, at 20:30, Roy Feldman wrote: > After 25 years of being a professional photographer I feel the need to > state some facts regarding cameras, Leica in particular. Please feel > free to add to this list so as to help those with less experience. > > FACT: All cameras slither: a.) when placed in the middle of a table > all cameras will eventually make their way to the edge. b.) all camera > straps will dangle off the edge even if first placed in the middle. > RESULT: anyone or animal within 10 meters of the camera will be lured > to the camera and snag the camera strap sending it crashing to the > ground. > RELATED: All cameras will jump off automobile seats no matter how > gently you stop. > > FACT: The only safe place to store a lens cap is a front trouser > pocket,in any other spot it will be consumed by strange forces. > RESULT: A painstaking Internet search to find a used version, since a > new one is one hour through rush hour away and forty dollars. After > finding and charging it on line you are called by your Charge card > company asking you if you bought 4 Plasma televisions for someone in > the Ukraine? > RELATED: After driving one hour through rush hour to buy a forty > dollar cap upon returning your wife says: "Oh I found one of those the > other day, is it important? > > FACT: Leica embeds a, occasionally visible, thumb print on the front > of every viewfinder. No matter how careful you are when loading film, > handling your camera and putting it in the bag this thumb print will > appear squarely centered in the middle of your viewfinder. > RELATED: It will disappear only briefly after cleaning. > > FACT: You are always ready if the next Pulitzer prize winning photo > knocks at your door, your camera is loaded. > RELATED:But with what? Nagging doubts (did I set the ISO?) causes you > to rewind (oops...too far) and have to try and find the film puller > thing (see lens story cap above). > > FACT: The battery cover on my M7 can be dislodged by a strong sneeze > causing me to put tape on it to secure it. > RELATED: The battery cover on my $7.00 Crest Spin Brush toothbrush > needs Vise Grips and a degree in friction coefficients to dislodge. > > FACT: All camera bags are either too big or too small. > > -- > Roy Feldman > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information