Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Charlie, All of them at that price point. Probably in much better shape as well. Don't compare apples to oranges. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Charlie Meyer <charlie@droolassicpark.com> wrote: > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >