Hahaha....that's great! So we now have spares but will never use them!! Too bad you did lose one when you didn't have another. I've been lucky so far. I don't know whether to cross my fingers or not... <g>
Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Heide Clausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:31 AM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:56:55 -0500 > "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Heh, > > > > I ordered extra ones, rubber eye cap and findercap, because I knew > > I'd lose them. Of course, now that I have them, I probably will > > never lose one :) > > > > Brad. > > heh... > > Mine fell off at the most inconvenient moment: I was on Sardegnea (an > island in Italy), had arrived at midnight - my suitcase hadn't > (thanks Alitalia!). I was there for a conference. The suitcase still > hadn't surfaced the next morning, so I went off to the nearest city > (Pula - 45min from the conf. center by bus) for replacement cloths > and stuff - only to find that everything was closed until 16:00 due > to "siesta". The only thing not in the suitcase was my laptop and the > MZ-S, and so since I had brought the camera along, I thought I would > take some shots of the city under the hard mid-day sun. Guess what? > That was exactly when I discovered that on the trip from the conf. > center to the city, the little eyecap had disappeared. > > Strong mediteranian sunlight made me realize that the eyecap was > actually usefull. Thus, upon my return, I acquired a pile of > replacement caps to have in spare, should such happen again....caps > which now have been sitting around unused in the camera bag and the > drawer. > > I guess the lesson to learn is, that when you have a spare, you don't > need it. When you don't, you do :) > > --thomas > >
