Dropped my M

[phatnev]

My summiarit took a nice dent to the front metal part, the M2 lost a bunch of vulcanite, Im only dismayed because now the 50mm seems to be stuck onto my camera 🙁

 

[ChrisN]

Ouch! Not good.

 

[phatnev]

The manager at Ritz was impressed enough today to give me a job, and I break my f*cking M2. Thats some nasty Karma.

 

[Ororaro]

Don't worry too much...I know how you may feel, but in the end, all is always good.

 

[phatnev]

All is always good, I agree, I just want to shoot. I've been going through 4-6 rolls a day and Im much more fond of the 35 as to the 50. And being 19 and in college, I wont even be able to afford to fix it.

 

[cmogi10]

Just be glad it was an M2...
If anything will survive a drop it's going to be an M2.

 

[HuubL]

The manager at Ritz was impressed enough today to give me a job, and I break my f*cking M2. Thats some nasty Karma.

Sorry to hear that, but don't swear on your camera, it's f*cking you who dropped her, isn't it...?

 

[phatnev]

It's awful 🙁

 

[pvdhaar]

Sorry to hear that the M2 got dropped..

But why's the lens stuck onto the body? Is it the release catch that's got bent? In that case, with a jewelers' screwdriver, you can remove the center screw, and pull the catch away. Might make it easier to remove the lens and check what's happened to the bayonets on the lens and body.

 

[rxmd]

The manager at Ritz was impressed enough today to give me a job, and I break my f*cking M2. Thats some nasty Karma.

No, it's just a zero-sum event flow. Now it's up to you to uneven the score by fixing your M2 🙂

 

[aizan]

owie. maybe something in the mount got bent. if worst comes to worst, the body casting could be unrepairable.

 

[phatnev]

Sorry to hear that the M2 got dropped..

But why's the lens stuck onto the body? Is it the release catch that's got bent? In that case, with a jewelers' screwdriver, you can remove the center screw, and pull the catch away. Might make it easier to remove the lens and check what's happened to the bayonets on the lens and body.

Yeah Im gonna go down to the PCE tomorrow and pick up a VIDOM, dump some Nikon stuff, and hopefully fix my baby.

 

[phatnev]

Were good to go 🙂

 

[cmogi10]

see...not a big deal, you can hammer stakes with that camera.

 

[phatnev]

Yeah that darn Summarit was just nearly cemented to the body. A helpful yet misguided salesperson pried them apart and now all my lenses mount properly. I like the missing vulcanite 🙂

 

[cmogi10]

just remember it gives it character...make up a war story for it.

 

[phatnev]

Haha the story is a good college one, typical for my life

 

[cmogi10]

I hear you...I look my camera gear in my chest when it's not in use, no one's allowed to touch it.
I use it and it gets used and worn, but no ones going to mangle it!

 

[phatnev]

I only let people use it when Im right there, no harm so far, I'll take the risk. Its a beautiful thing to spread the Leica love

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Glad to hear a happy ending!