Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Hadyn Park Road wrote: > > Most of my photographs are scenic or still lifes. With the M6 I want to get > out and about in the streets. How do other people go about this while > minimizing the risks of getting mugged for the camera but without burying > the M6 so far beneath a jacket that the shot would be gone by the time the > camera was out. Black tape over the Leica logos? Any hints by email on > street photography would be welcome. Cartier-Bresson strapped his to his wrist. Joel Meyerowitz reports in one of his books that he saw some thief try to snatch one out of HC-B's Leica's out of his hand but since it was attached to his wrist he could not. Thereupon HC-B actually threw the camera at him to scare him and to rub in the failed attempt, but of course the Leica just bounced back into his hand. HC-B just smiled. Bruce Feldman