Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina- Glad you're all right. As unsightly/sore as the bruising is (and a much more qualified member, a physician, has already weighed in on that score), something needs to be said about the M8, this being the LUG and all. I don't have an M8, and probably will never afford such a tool in my lifetime, but after all the grief the M8 has received, how many clad- in-the-finest-cheap-Red-Chinese-plastic-obsolete-three-months-after- release-DSLRs could have stayed working after a similar incident? I think it says a lot...that a Leica is still a Leica. The counsel for Leica's ad agency would add the fine print: "Professional photographer. Do not attempt." FWIW: I'd be courting with cardiac arrest if something similar had happened to one of my AARP Card carrying DS M3s. :P Charlie On Jul 6, 2008, at 2:15 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > PESO: > > I'm in California hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains and have not > had e-mail for over a week. We've had a wonderful trip and I've > taken many photos with my two M8's but on Tuesday, we were hiking > near Southfork Lake in the John Muir Wilderness when I stumbled over > a rock and fell face first onto my M8. I broke my nose but the M8 > is fine, as far as I can tell and I've continued to take photos with > it in spite of two very black eyes. Can you see the imprint of the > M8 on my face? > > http://www.pbase.com/image/99734652 > > I look even worse today as all of the colors are more vivid and > spreading over most of my face. We'll be back home on Wednesday > with a week to recuperate before I head off for Honduras. I'm still > having nightmares about falling on my M8 though!!! > > More photos later. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Charlie Meyer West Virginia Coordinator Basset Rescue of Old Dominion, Inc. (BROOD) Droolassic Park Keyser, WV Basset Hound Rescue: Work With Women. Pick Up Dogs.