chris_livsey Posted August 29, 2008 Share #1 Posted August 29, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Donnerstag, 28. August 2008: Alle Themen der hessenschau | Fernsehen | hr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Hi chris_livsey, Take a look here Wish I spoke German. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
mym6is12 Posted August 29, 2008 Share #2 Posted August 29, 2008 Donnerstag, 28. August 2008: Alle Themen der hessenschau | Fernsehen | hr Very interesting - good to see someone who can machine parts where required. Not so sure about using the scribing machine to add SS markings though ( maybe the context was explained in german - which I also cannot speak ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd. Posted August 29, 2008 Share #3 Posted August 29, 2008 i didn't see any ss-markings - just a flash sign under the sync connection... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mym6is12 Posted August 29, 2008 Share #4 Posted August 29, 2008 i didn't see any ss-markings - just a flash sign under the sync connection... That makes more sense - thanks for correcting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted August 29, 2008 Share #5 Posted August 29, 2008 It's a lovely piece. Thanks for the link. Rough and approximate, quick summary: Report from Hessian TV on a 47 year old who apprenticed in the microscope division at Leitz Wetzlar. Once he handled a Leica camera, he became a fan and started working with Leitz retirees, asking what practical knowledge they could give him. "There's something special about the camera that you can't put into words," he says. He now services Leica cameras. The "Standard" he shows disassembled has 300 parts--"that's few for a Leica," he says. It's a camera from 1935, and the lubricants have jelled or evaporated, so he has to disassemble it completely to start from scratch. He mentions that sometimes he has to make a part; to do so, he has to find a collector willing to loan him a camera or part so he can reconstruct the missing one. Cool disposition, little coffee. Some cameras take him only a day, others a year. With something tricky he likes to work in the quiet of the evening. What does he still want to do? Rework the Ur-Leica, on display in the Leica Museum. "Maybe someday Leica will want to have it put back in order," he hopes. (Quotes aren't literal; feel free to add to or correct my take. ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted August 30, 2008 Share #6 Posted August 30, 2008 Easy to see how electronics takes the soul out of the thing - he must despair at the M8... Amazing array of tools in front of him... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted August 30, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Howard : Many thanks for the synopsis I can watch it again now. Good to see someone so young so enthused. Also loved the tool array from the precision ones laid out to the massive lathe. I do appreciate the digital qualities of the M8 but alas it hasn't got the tactile feel of the "classics" and that shutter sound, 12+ months on, still makes me wince. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted August 30, 2008 Share #8 Posted August 30, 2008 What a great occupation that would be. Good on him. Thanks for the translation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted August 31, 2008 Share #9 Posted August 31, 2008 It's a lovely piece. Thanks for the link. Rough and approximate, quick summary: Report from Hessian TV on a 47 year old who apprenticed in the microscope division at Leitz Wetzlar. Once he handled a Leica camera, he became a fan and started working with Leitz retirees, asking what practical knowledge they could give him. "There's something special about the camera that you can't put into words," he says. He now services Leica cameras. The "Standard" he shows disassembled has 300 parts--"that's few for a Leica," he says. It's a camera from 1935, and the lubricants have jelled or evaporated, so he has to disassemble it completely to start from scratch. He mentions that sometimes he has to make a part; to do so, he has to find a collector willing to loan him a camera or part so he can reconstruct the missing one. Cool disposition, little coffee. Some cameras take him only a day, others a year. With something tricky he likes to work in the quiet of the evening. What does he still want to do? Rework the Ur-Leica, on display in the Leica Museum. "Maybe someday Leica will want to have it put back in order," he hopes. (Quotes aren't literal; feel free to add to or correct my take. ) pretty decent synopsis PeterP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted September 2, 2008 Share #10 Posted September 2, 2008 Thanks for posting the link Chris, very interesting. - Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted September 2, 2008 Share #11 Posted September 2, 2008 Chris also thanks for posting...was great to see and to hear him, a man obviously taking great pleasure in his work. regards Andy p.s good summary by the way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted September 2, 2008 Share #12 Posted September 2, 2008 Wish I spoke German ...speaking shouldn't be a problem............... maybe understanding could be usefull...... Yep ich wissen, was Sie rabbiting auf über ..... mate!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share #13 Posted September 2, 2008 ...speaking shouldn't be a problem............... maybe understanding could be usefull...... Yep ich wissen, was Sie rabbiting auf über ..... mate!!! Yes but what did you think of the play ? Thanks to all those appreciating the link - here to share. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted September 2, 2008 Share #14 Posted September 2, 2008 Was she going to hover off the table ........ I couldn't cope with the stress of losing something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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