[Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die? TED

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe)]

Le 10 avr. 2015 ? 15:22, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> a ?crit :

> Well OK other than that one an...... R4.  
> 

With a twinkly light like this?

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/376116-1/Greg-4345.jpg

Don't blow ? a fuse Dad? !

;-)

Amities
Philippe, Alice and, Guy Fawkes?

ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot



> My threat of smashing it to pieces on the front steps of LEICA CANADA 
> before
> a multitude of media alerted to be there and TV and stills guys publicly
> recording the destruction.  The day of the event...... I had given them an
> option:
> 
> A/  A new replacement camera body?
> B/  or destruction before the media?
> 
> When I arrived early before lunch I was invited to eat. And they'd give the
> R4 to the service department for another "TRY TO FIX!" while we had lunch.
> DIDN'T HAPPEN AS I WASN'T ABOUT TO GIVE THE CAMERA up FOR THE "SIXTH TIME 
> OF
> REPAIR!" 
> 
> IT WAS A NEW CAMERA OR SMASHED....... THEIR CHOICE?
> 
> What they didn't realize was I had the media alerted so when we returned
> from lunch the media mob scene was set to "KILL THE CAMERA SCENES!"
> Salivating to " DESTROY DESTROY!" :-)
> 
> I was asked to give them the camera and I did. I waited out with the media
> and a few minutes later the senior admin guy came out with a brand new
> camera and made a fine presentation to me.
> 
> Many of the media were ticked-off because they wanted to record me smashing
> a LEICA to pieces.
> 
> Anyway, despite over the years the LEICA CANADA crew looked after any
> repairs or glitches absolutely first class and apart from this one incident
> they always looked after my stuff whatever, very well.
> 
> cheers,
> ted
>