Time for more tall tales to train chasing: My old Minolta Srt201 has a dent on its upper right corner. I put it there (not at all planned, as with Misters Corn or Cohen) while shooting Amtrak at the depot in Eugene. I was wearing the camera around my neck, puttering around on my motorcycle, looking for the right angle. I dismissed a set of railroad tracks that lead to an old, unused, spur and crossed them without a thought. Before I knew it, I was face-down on the ground and my whole weight (about 260 lbs) landed on the camera, cracking three of my ribs. The lens was damaged beyond repair, but that old Minolta still works just fine!
Lou Thelen On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Dave Cohen wrote: > John Corns wrote: > > >My stuff is beat to death and looks it. Of course, whenever I get a new > >or used camera body the first thing I do is to sand down the black edges > >and corners with a little wet-dry sandpaper so that the brass shows > >through a little. That way I do not handle them gingerly when out > >shooting so that I can concentrate on getting the shot and not be worried > >about chipping off a little paint or scratching the body. > > John, I'm out of wet-dry sandpaper, can I just use my hammer? > > Dave > > > --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects > --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 2075
