> On 13 October 2018 at 13:43 Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's a misprint of dévot. They were a kind of hard-right Catholic puritan > cabal, most notably the Company of the Holy Sacrament, of 17th-century > France, with a fanatical devotion to Pope, who took it upon themselves to > guarantee the doctrinal purity of France in the face of Protestantism and > Jansenism. > > Leica purists insist that a modern-day dévot accompany each camera sold, to > ensure the purity and correctness of its use. >
This from the birthplace of Protestantism? What is the world coming to? Next it will be Italian cars with accessories nailed to them. > > > On 13 Oct 2018, at 10:02, mike wilson > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I'm confused by the term "divet". I presume this is a cross between divot > and duvet. So there's a lump of insulating turf on the back to give your > thumb some comfort? Sounds typically Leica but very high maintenance to me. > > On 13 October 2018 at 01:00 "P. J. Alling" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > KEH photo has me on one of their mailing lists, and today they dropped a > missive with a link to this in my mailbox > > https://tinyurl.com/y6wrm8o4 > > The best is the discription of the author which I suppose makes him Mike > Johnston Kryptonite. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected]<mailto:[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. > -- > 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. -- 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.
