On 8/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tried something a bit different at the show today. Used daughters top > loader bag > with istD and > 16-45 for close up shots. > Bags quite a bit top heavy when on a belt and i quess i didi not have the > clip done up > correctly > and....plop...istD and lens fell about waist high to the ground(semi wet > grass) > > Every thing seems ok.Tried it with daughters camera and metering is > identical, so > hopefully no damage. > > Anyone else have a fall story and good news after.?? >
Well, not a *istD story, Dave, but you witnessed my fumble with my "latest" LX whilst loading film at GFM in front of the otter exhibit. About four feet down to bloody concrete it went. Nothing more than another battle scar - it's worked fine ever since. My Leica CL suffered a similar fate a year ago this spring - except it was dropped onto concrete steps near my house - at least a three foot drop. The front viewfinder window cracked, and the crack hung up the meter needle. The geniuses at Komeniks fixed it with non-Leica glass (so 1/2 of it isn't frosted like the original), and everything else worked fine. Glad to hear yer *istD seems to be fine. Hope it continues to be that way. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
