Not really. They were serviced… ,most of them.
You're saying you have 11 Leicas that need service??
You've clearly never used a good hammer.
I find Nikons about as interesting as lined paper. Frankly, there's not one that's actually pleasant to hold.
A good hammer, on the other hand, needs to be balanced or, after a day of using it, your wrist feels broken.
I drove 80 pounds of 3.5" nails using a hammer one day. I know.
Sure Don. BTW may I ask why you have 15 or so boring Nikons?
boring Nikons
You've clearly never used a good hammer.
I find Nikons about as interesting as lined paper. Frankly, there's not one that's actually pleasant to hold.
A good hammer, on the other hand, needs to be balanced or, after a day of using it, your wrist feels broken.
I drove 80 pounds of 3.5" nails using a hammer one day. I know.
People always say you could drive nails using a Nikkormat. Maybe Don keeps them around for jobs where he doesn't want to use the good hammer?
Cameras are fun to talk about but they're also means to an end; it's nice to have good tools that feel nice to use but also the best camera is the one you have with you. No one ever accused a Canonet of winding like a freshly overhauled machine tool, but many of my own photos came from one.
People always say you could drive nails using a Nikkormat. Maybe Don keeps them around for jobs where he doesn't want to use the good hammer?
Cameras are fun to talk about but they're also means to an end; it's nice to have good tools that feel nice to use but also the best camera is the one you have with you. No one ever accused a Canonet of winding like a freshly overhauled machine tool, but many of my own photos came from one.
I dunno, but my ancient Nikkormat Ft keeps pounding away lo these many years after it was built with only minor stuff I had to do to keep the film advance lever snapping back cleanly. Even the meter works.
It's always been interesting to me that photographers, moreso than any other demographic in the "arts", seem as obsessed with the machinery that produces the art as the output itself. Maybe painters can go on and on for hours on brushes and paint, I dunno, because I've never heard them do that. The only group that comes close are recording engineers, especially the ones working in classical or acoustic recordings, who will bend your ear off talking about microphones, their placement, their deficiencies, and how it used to be better
It may be that, since photography is an inherently electromechanical, optical, chemical process, we're all a little more nerdy about that stuff.
@chuckroast -- I've taken apart (and put back together) Leica III cameras. They could definitely withstand more of a fall than any Nikon SLR. Like @JerseyDoug said, the most you should expect is a dent and the rangefinder getting messed up (which may be more problematic than you can fix with a screwdriver).
An M Leica, though, I doubt would fare as well - especially anything newer than an M4. Rangefinder damage to an M can be really expensive to fix.
Musicians, especially rock musicians.
Vintage acoustic guitar owners......
Vintage acoustic guitar owners......
Don't get me started about my 1937 Martin 0-17
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