Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Merely scars of battle, wear them proudly. Sorry to hear of your pain though. It all happens so quickly --- can I have that 30 seconds again please. cheers from Ballarat Alastair Firkin www.afirkin.com On Tue Sep 1 18:22 , John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> sent: >Dear All, > >I suppose it has to happen some time, but it is painful when it does. I've >had my M6 for ten years now, put thousands of films through it, taken it all >over the world - up tributaries on the Amazon in dugout canoes, across >India, up Kilmanjaro, etc. - but have never dropped it. This summer I was >walking around a French chateau when the split ring on the strap worked >itself off and the camera dropped off my shoulder onto the stone floor. Of >course it had on a heavier lens than my usual 35mm Summicron, the 90mm >Elmarit. It was more painful than when I cut off half my big toe with a >lawnmover. I staggered to a cafe and ordered a double espresso and a large >brandy to calm myself down before checking the camera out. The damage: a >dent on the camera body just below the winder and a bent lens hood. It >still seemed to be able to focus as before and the shutter fired OK. I put >plenty more film through it since the drop and have got used to its war >wounds, though they do ache when the weather is damp. I am now steadily >developing all the film. The negatives look as good as ever, though I have >yet to scan them, but I envisage no problem. > >The cause of the disaster. I do not like plastic and so I had replaced the >strap that came with the camera with a leather (for Leica) one from Luigi ( >http://www.leicatime.com/\). The split ring had worked off the camera once >before, though I noticed it in time. I should have taken that for a warning >and gone back to the plastic Leica strap. However, I did try to cannibalise >the rings of the genuine Leica strap on to the leather one but without >success. Needless to say I now have the genuine plastic strap on my M6. > >Yours, > >John > >-- >John Beeching >http://johnbeeching.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information