I had a Leica for quite some time. Mine was a real dog. bill
On Mon., Jun. 21, 2021, 9:04 p.m. Larry Colen, <[email protected]> wrote: > So, I briefly owned a Leica, for Panasonic values of Leica. > > I saw a friend last weekend who asked if I was interested in a broken > Leica. My first thought was that it was some old film era Leica that no > longer worked, but which might still have a usable lens. Long story short, > it turns out it was a V-Lux4, aka a Lumix FZ-200 pimped out with a red > dot. It had been given to them, but when they turned it on they got some > error message, they tried contacting Leica about getting it repaired and > Leica said “It’s too old we don’t even touch those any more”. > > My friend dropped it off, the error message was that the clock needed to > be set, and there was some weirdness such that after I set the clock, I > couldn’t leave that menu, but when I power cycled it, it powered up and > worked fine. So I texted my friend that it seems to be fine, do they want > it back, and it’s going home sometime in the next day or so. > > But now, I can claim to be a member of that elite group of photographers > who have owned a Leica. Woo Hoo! > > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
