Re: [Leica] Disguising the M6

[reviews_ed.hifichoice@dennis.co.uk (Alan Sircom)]

Taping up your M6, carrying it under your coat on your right shoulder
and other innovative ways of disguising the camera are all fine, but
the best insurance policy against theft is an insurance policy. That
said, if your dealings with insurance companies are anything like mine,
it does mean you get robbed twice.

As for packing weaponry, mace and the like these all have a negative
effect in the long run. When you are attacked, the attacker often has
the element of surprise to their advantage, and by the time you get
your weapon out, your assailant will have beaten you to the floor, or
shoot you, and will then take their time to take all your possessions
and will often decide to turn your own weapon on you as a parting, erm,
shot. Worse still, unless well-trained, you tend to freeze during
surprise attacks, so the idea that bluffing it out with adrenalin and
bravado is unlikely. Finally, if you carry a gun and decide to use it
on an assailant, especially after the assualt, you could end up
spending untold thousands in legal fees as you try and shake off that
manslaughter charge. In all, it's worth handing the camera over and
having increased insurance premiums for a few years. Especially as you
can then claim to your friends that the roll of film in camera was the
one that proved that you are the next HCB.