Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V9 #27

[Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>]

Wow.... what are you smoking?!


TSL wrote:

> Titanium Paint?  I like that.  The silver (chrome!) is too bright.
> The
> black - I can't tell if it's an R or not.
> Titanium paint is perfect - it's got real ostrich footprints embedded
> in
> ostrich leather.  If I could afford it I'd get it in Platinum with
> white
> gold lenses with a baked-tanzanite finish.  And then I'd tape the
> thing in
> black electrical tape.  It's nice to now you have the finest mechanism
> of
> RF.  It's then just great to tape it up.  The red dot?  Yeah - people
> are
> really focused on that.  That causes fights... In Arab East Jerusalem
> they
> love me...if I'd tape my camera they'd think I was offensive and
> dumb.  As
> if I were tricking them that I was taking pictures.  The greats...
> yeah.   Life and death = tape no tape.  You have a titanium finish -
> it
> looks like a minilux anyway.  What's dignity?  Not sure.  But I would
> hope
> that the "security" reasons or "hiding" are just so effective.  Untape
> the
> camera when you look like a western shooter.  If it's Titanium, you
> are at
> least perhaps protecting the camera (i.e. it looks that way to some)
> if it's
> black - you're really going to be respected.   Ohh - the red - that's
> gonna
> get everyone up in arms. They should make a black dot, logo so some
> can
> indulge in red tape.  I'd like to have a deep red M6 made of marbled
> rubies
> and ketchup.  The sophisticated - better you take their picture - they
> are
> not concentrating on any red.  Or silver. THEY don't care.  If in
> primitive
> places (yeah...drinking blood and beating lions is primitive - they
> might
> like the red dot. I had a few pairs of cheap binoculars and gave 'em
> to some
> Sambura kid then it was stolen by some older guy.  He looked through
> it -
> and I have not since then seen a smile like that - ear to ear - or
> close.
> If the binoculars had red - they may love it - many dressed in red.
> Steal?
> If it's wrapped - it could be a present.  Titanium - oh.. it's
> screaming
> "titanium!"  What if the tape won't come off?
> It's part of the camera - try using Titanium tape - like paint it
> 'looks'
> real.   The red leica logo - everyone is looking!
> But tape?  Better be a good taper.  If you are documented a war... Or
> a real
> threat as such - the titanium finish may protect your camera even a
> tiny bit
> more.  The tape could accidentally unravel a bit and get stuck in
> one's
> eyelashes.