Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shhhhh. Dr. Blacktape may wake up and extol Olympus cameras and show off really good subway shots. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Jan Decher <wanderjan at gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting this came up. I have seen several pictures of black Leicas > with > the name and the idiotic red dot covered in black. I wondered whether > someone has used some sort of removable silver tape to cover up the names > on > a chrome Leica? > Advertising "look here expensive Leica !" is one thing I don't like on my > M6 compared to the more discreet M3 I had before. Keeping your gear > discreet could make a huge difference for safety in places like Naples, > Kontantinople, or Budapest...well, anywhere really. > > That said, I had a ton of gear stolen in bright daylight in Accra, Ghana, > in > 1999. where I don't think too many thiefs knew the difference between a > Leica and the Contax Aria I was using at the time. To them it was just a > backpack (LowePro Nature Trekker) full of valuables... > Jan > > ===========From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> > > > > Black tape just has no place on a Leica. > > ric > > Heresy! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com