Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erik, How the hell can I think of a serious reply after reading this! Cheers, David Medley Whidbey Is. WA USA dmedley@whidbey.net - ---------- > From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Black Tape > Date: Friday, February 06, 1998 7:13 PM > > At 06:01 AM 2/7/98 +0000, you 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.