Amazing story Roger! I`m happy you found it.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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From: "Rodger Whitlock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:50 AM
Subject: Miracles Happen!
> In January, while waiting for the ferry at Fulford Harbour on
> Saltspring Island (the scene of a number of my PUG submissions), my
> Z1-P brushed against an upright of the railing on a pier, brushing
> the cap of my 77mm Ltd lens off -- and plop! into the water far
> below.
>
> I've since replaced it, after offering the Pentax gods several
> endocrine glands.
>
> Saturday, again waiting for the ferry there (an oft-told story), I
> thought to walk out the pier and see if I could spot my long lost
> lens cap.
>
> Eureka!
>
> There it was!
>
> And the tide was out.
>
> So, at the low, low cost of muddy shoes, I have it back.
>
> Interestingly, though muddy from several months in the saltchuck, it
> was *not* corroded. I think any PDML member would be hard pressed to
> distinguish it from the its un-submerged replacement.
>
> Evidently Pentax uses a very spiffy alloy for the Limited bodies...
>
>
> --
> Rodger Whitlock
> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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