I hear ya Frank.Other than a few pictures taken at Queen and Victoria Friday,its been bad too.Waiting for a better lit day to take B&W winter stuff and when the sun just came out the rest of the snow melted. D** golbal warming.Think i'll jump into the 4x4 and drive around<VBG> Hope the CL is fixable.I really liked the fishing boat shot you showed Jeff amd me.
Dave ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 12:23:47 -0500 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: OT: This weekend has been a load of Crap Frank, My condolences on the "crap-tastic" weekend so far. I guess the little CL has to go to Kominek. I hope they can fix the baby. �You know I have a sentimental spot in my camera case for it. Here's to a brighter looking week ahead. Cheers, Dave -----Original Message----- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: This weekend has been a load of Crap Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the little rangefinder focusing patch is now slightly out of vertical alignment, which it wasn't before. �I guess the camera must have sustained a blow - although I really can't remember that happening. �Coming home from my little Christmas getaway, the camera was in my camera bag. �Maybe something happened I didn't notice... AAAArrrrrrrghhh! -frank frank theriault wrote: > I won't get into the personal reasons as to why I'm having a lousy > weekend. �Let's just say it hasn't exactly worked out the way I'd > hoped. �So what do I do when things look down? �Right, grab a camera and > go and take pictures. > > So, that's what I did. �I walked out of my apartment with my Leica CL > around my shoulder. �When I went to take a picture, the meter wouldn't > work (it worked as recently as Boxing Day). �And, the indicator in the > viewfinder won't go any lower than 1/30th. �The shutter speed dial is > ~very~ stiff below that speed, but it appears that the shutter speeds > themselves are okay. > > I suspect the problem to be mechanical, as the "meter check" button > produces no response, and that only checks that the little rods that > connect the meter mechanism to the rest of the camera are in alignment. > But, the problem could be electical as well, I don't know. > > Whatever it is, I can't imagine that the repair will be cheap. > > Sigh... > > I think I'll rent a depressing movie. �At least that way I won't feel > alone. > > regards, > frank > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer ---- End Original Message ---- Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada "Art needs to be in a frame.That way we know when the art stops and the wall begins"--Frank Zappa http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail
