Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've used black electrical tape (not too sticky) on my R5 & R7, and haven't lost any of the lettering. Funny how they look like old minoltas once you cover up the LEICA and the Red dot logos! ;-) Chris Hoover San Diego Soon Wai Hoe wrote: > > Greetings, > > Though nothing to do with Leica. I once placed some tape over the black > leters of the word "nikon" on a chrome FM2,.... removing the tape to > reposition it better, I found that it had lifted off some paint from the > surface, that revealed the plasticky material that it really was made off > rather than the metal that I thought. SO dissapointed I was. Hope it doesn't > happen with my M6 > > --Adi > > >Me too, I never carry my laptop in a custom laptop bag either, for the > >same reasons. The BBC have lost *dozens* of laptops stolen from staff > >travelling on the tube late at night, and carrying them in those "hello, > >I'm UKP3k+ worth of saleable stuff in a small package" laptop bags. > > > >I also put black electrical tape over the white logos & names on photo > >gear, though an F3+MD4+DA2+35mm looks expensive no matter what you do to > >it. > > > >