Re: [Leica] initializing your leica? just put the strap on and get going.

[Johnny Deadman <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>]

on 6/5/00 11:10 PM, Kyle Cassidy at cassidy@netaxs.com wrote:

> sarawoot asked:
> 
>> After reading the page (http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/4472/)
>> that Dan suggests me (thanks Dan for this again), the Using your new
>> Leica page describes the way to initialize the camera :) Well, it sounds
>> complicate to me.  For instance, I have to get the velcro and attach them
>> to the camera-strap nut.  Do I have to do those steps ?  Did you guys do
>> that?        
> 
> ye gods! what a great bit of lunacy! just put a strap on the camera and
> start using it. i've never heard such silliness as all this hardware store
> purchased velcro whatnots. it's a camera strap for crying out loud. you
> definately don't need a set of instructions for opening your leica box in
> the right order ("Again, without disturbing the camera just yet, take out the
> pile of
> papers tucked between the camera presentation case and the main box.") --
> this guy is, um, er, a little overly meticulous, it seems to me. you
> certianly don't need to do this. the m6 is definately simple enough you
> don't need ANY instructions to start using it. even the weird loading is
> explained on the bottom of the camera with a little diagram. you're buying
> a camera, not a loom.
> 
> kc
> 
Kyle, kyle, kyle.

The guy is never going to read an email that doesn't contain an instruction
sheet on how to open it, is he?


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