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Subject: [Leica] New Leica sound
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:02:55 +1000
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Our footballers don't wear body armour either, Jim ;-)
I just laughed at myself so I thought I'd share. It isn't really that bad. I
did nearly scalp myself once when changing a lightbulb though!
My son just pointed out that I already had a worse Leica sound. He was with
me when my M8 slipped off my neck and it hit concrete from about 16 inches.
I just grabbed a shot for the doubting Richard ;-) You can see the smear of
aluminium where the very tough Visoflex shrugged off the hit!
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/2/M9vFan.jpg.html
Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 21 February 2010 17:37, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Hi Geoff,
>
> Sounds like a really close call.  Are you saying that you use metal blades
> without guards?  I can reach my ceiling fan blades, but they are wood.  
> With
> my blood thinner, I surely don't want to get a cut from a metal blade.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at 
> gmail.com
> >
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 1:25 AM
> Subject: [Leica] New Leica sound
>
>
>   For your amusement here is a short tale. Locally we have had
>> unpleasantly
>> warm and muggy weather with frequent rain for several weeks.
>> I've been extremely lazy in failing to shoot anything new and have spent
>> an
>> inordinate amount of time cleaning up archives, building a new computer
>> etc.
>> Anyway to my small tale.
>> I set up my M9 inside this afternoon with my Visoflex, all mounted on a
>> tripod. I had an enjoyable play working out how to best make it work
>> together for a small project (to follow).
>> I picked up the tripod complete with M9 and Visoflex to lift it to a new
>> position.
>> Like I mentioned, it's hot and my ceiling fan was spinning.
>> ..Spang.
>>
>> After administering 250ml of Sauvignon Blanc and my heart rate gradually
>> falling back below humming bird mode I took a look
>> The metal fan blade operating in the transonic region struck the lower
>> edge
>> of the Visoflex exactly 12mm above the top plate of the M9. That's half a
>> freakin' inch for our American members.
>>
>> Spang.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] New Leica sound)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] New Leica sound)