Re: [Leica] Black Tape

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

Eric,
      Your tape dissertation below makes exactly as much sense as
"taping-up" a Leica! Or any camera for that matter.

Great prose.

Jim


At 09:13 PM 2/6/98 -0600, Eric wrote:
>
>>What kind of black tape is used and how is the camera taped over?
>
>You should use Varta tape. They bought the manufacturing process from Zeiss
>in 1945 (when real tape was made!) 
>
>It's made in Germany, made with the sap of trees from the Black Forest.
>Thus the tape, even after wearing thin, maintains it's blackness. 
>
>Tapes made in Canada, Portugal or Japan are almost as good, but don't have
>the same blackness. It must be cut only by the model SNOOPY scissors that
>come as an accessory (special order # 123456). You apply it over the
>windows and viewfinders of the camera, so you can't see any pictures that
>offend your sensibilities.
>
>Collectors prefer it in the original package, never having been placed on a
>camera. That is unless the camera was owned by Cartier-Bresson, Eisenstadt,
>or Elliott Erwitt (or used by him on a small dog).
>
>There is a new collector's special edition tape, called the Bill Clinton
>Memorial Tape. It can be used to wrap up a loved one so they cannot reveal
>secrets to the New York Times. It will only cost an extra $5 per roll, but
>it's in short supply. Only 2,000 pieces were available, but the Kenneth
>Starr snatched up the first half of the production run before the old guy
>who made it retired and they had to train a new kid to make the stuff. 
>
>The LHSA is going to have a raffle and give away two copies at the next
>convention held this year in Boring, Oregon.
>
>If you want more information, go to this web site:
>
>
>http://www.leica.com/~stuck
>==========
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
>