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- From: jacobson@cello.hpl.hp.com (David Jacobson)
- Subject: Re: How do they know?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.181513.5765@cello.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:15:13 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.054431.23588@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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- In article <1992Dec22.054431.23588@ultb.isc.rit.edu> fjcppr@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >In the most recent Del's ad in Shutterbug, Tony "who knows Leica" says
- >that you can stand on a Leica without damaging it. Should I believe
- >that Tony or someone he knows has actually done that? Has anyone
- >out there in Rec.photo every stood on any camera? If so, please
- >include your weight in your reply. Also, did you stand on the camera
- >with its bottom or its back to the ground?
-
- I don't know about that, but I did see a dealer toss a pair of Leitz
- binoculars into the air and let them land on the (hard) floor. Of
- course, it is hard to tell whether or not binoculars have been knocked
- out of alignment by just looking at them.
-
- -- David Jacobson
-