Dave Simms wrote: >One nice thing about Leicas is that, no matter what they look like, >they're tough. I once read about one of those old ones, 3C or >something, that got dropped from a plane onto a desert in the US. >Apparently, it still worked fine and the film was ok, once developed. >There's our Leica myth for the morning, eh ? >Dave G'mornin' Dave! Apparently, that 3C was tougher than my R5. I had mine parked in my lap and, after a few too many beers - to quench the Bangkok heat, I stood up ... neglecting to first take the camera out of my rapidly disappearing lap. The camera hit the tile floor, lens side down, damaging the lens' focusing threads beyond use and crushing the mirror box beyond repair. Surprisingly, the camera (though not the Tamron 24mm lens) continued to work (good thing, as my backup body - an R6 - was home, in Canada!) for the rest of the trip; although shots taken wide open were a wee bit soft. If the lens was stopped down to f4 or 5.6, they were fine! Cheers! --- David Young Logan Lake, Canada. Wildlife Photos: www.furnfeather.net Personal Website: www.main.furnfeather.net A micro-finance lender though http://www.kiva.org ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/