Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/10
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On 10 Jun 97, Dave Munroe wrote:
>
> > Do what we did in the 60s and 70s, buy whatever you can afford and spend
> > a couple hours putting black electrical tape all over the camera.
>
> >> What do you do with the sticky glue oozing out in hot days?
>
>
>
> I think gaffer's tape would be better (it's used by the motion
> picture industry). It's strong and isn't sticky; it doesn't leave
> any marks.
Can't comment on gaffer's tape. Never used it, BUT I do know that
modern vinyl electrical tape does not ooze or leave marks, and that's
in southern Arizona climate.
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
Leica Historical Society Of America
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
If at first you don't succeed...
destroy all evidence of having tried!