Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Richardson wrote: > > Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> wrote: > > >We kid ourselves if we think our newer Leica's look like second hand > archaic relics, they look darn expensive > > My M6 doesn't look greatly different from my M2, and in the words of > one of my clients (commenting on my M2) "You don't have to tell me > that clunker is Russian!" So at least one guy has been fooled by > "retro" styling ... > > I suspect the reality is that some thieves would recognise a Leica and > that others wouldn't. A more likely act of photographic self-delusion > is the idea that a brown canvas camera bag won't be recognised as a > camera bag but thought to be a military-surplus satchel. Like a > portable computer case, a traditional camera case has a distinctive > shape which is likely to catch a criminal's eye. > > Regards, > > Doug Richardson With camera on one arm the bag on the other would be assumed to full of platinum plated gems from the Black Forests of Germany. (cameras) Mark Rabiner