[Leica] IMG: M8 Mishap

[glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)]

Tina,

To paraphrase an old joke;  "The camera is OK, because your head broke 
the fall"

Look like you were wearing glasses or sunglasses  at the time  of impact.

Wishes for a painless recovery.
Jerry Lehrer


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
>
>
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