Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24

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Subject: Re: Thoughts from a user
From: "Charles E. Love, Jr." <cel14@cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:45:13 -0500 (EST)

At 07:26 PM 2/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>.... I also wonder why Leica are
>> so fond of the red logo on their cameras? I think it is
>> because they want to create an easily identified
>> prestige image for their brand. -Look, I can afford a
>> Leica (I am succesful in life)! As a user, I dislike the
>> logo, as it makes it easy to identify me as a person
>> waiting to be robbed. So, I have always put a black tape
>> on the logo. 
>> 
>> 
Sad to say, Leicas are so little known outside of the circles of serious
photographers (at least here in the US) that I have never been worried about
this.  Indeed, one of the great features of the M6 is that most people think
it's a point and shoot.--Charlie
Charles E. Love, Jr.
CEL14@CORNELL.EDU