On Nov 2, 2013, at 11:31 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Years ago when I sold cameras, we had a dog and pony show put on by the > various reps. This was back in the day when you could smoke in public, and I > was, at the time, a smoker. The Pentax guy had a 50mm lens sitting on his > desk, and he invited anyone who wanted to to butt their cigarette on the > front glass. I think about a dozen of us took him up on the offer over the > course of the day. The lens was completely unharmed by this abuse. Wow! No need of an ashtray, but don’t think I’d use any of my lenses that way if I did. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." - Thomas Mann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

