Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug, Well apart from making a comment like, BS in regard to "professional thieves," as I've worked as a photojournalist all over the world and I've only had one camera go missing, an R8 and it had nothing to do with the red dot! I believe the red dot syndrome is a sort of myth thing perpetrated by anti red dot people. ted Douglas Cooper wrote: > At 12:01 AM 11/17/00 -0800, you wrote: > > >When in reality no one but another photographer would know a Leica was > >expensive, but the lay public in 99% of the cases have no idea and like you > >say, ""My, what a charming old camera!" is how they see it. > > I've been told that the professional thieves who prey on tourists know very > well what a Leica M looks like, and what it's worth. It doesn't take much > specialized knowledge to recognize a red dot. One good reason to tape your > M6 if you're abroad. > > DC