RE: [Leica] NYC with Leica m6?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Greg has it dead-on right here. If you go into marginal, high-crime areas,
you may loose a lot more than your camera. If you stick to the normal
mid-town, down-town, etc. areas, just don't put your camera down beside you
on a park bench...I'm in NYC every couple of weeks and do a good deal of
walking...about 3 miles from my office to the hotel I stay at near Canal
Street and West Broadway...I'm always carrying at least one M, if not two
and a camera bag, and I've never had any problems at all..


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Greg Locke
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 6:20 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] NYC with Leica m6?
>
>
> At 12:38 PM 02/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
> ><<I will be in NYC this November for a business trip.
> >
> >Is it save to travel with my Leica M6 and 75 Summilux, or
> should I just bring
> >my Nikon 35Ti?
>
> >Regards,
> >Jerry S. Justianto
>
>         I spent 2 weeks working on the streets of the lower
> east side and
> walked all over Manhattan carrying many cameras and didn't
> lose a thing.
>
>         I was threaten with my life more times then I cared
> for but left NYC
> with everything I brought.... and some great pictures.
>
>         That said,  use common sense. Don't flash what you
> don't have to and
> be conscience of your surroundings and who is standing just a
> little too close.
> Don't walk in isolated areas, explore crack houses, etc, etc, etc....
>
>         The usual Big City survival awareness stuff.
>
> have a good trip,
> Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>
> St. John's, Newfoundland.
> http://www.straylight.ca/locke
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