Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New M6
From: Chandos <cmbrow@wm.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:07:55 -0500
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010319151838.23887D-100000@matrix.binaryfaith.com>

BD,

You don't understand.  It is *the* fashion statement for the Rambo wannabe 
set--think how awkward it is to tote an M-16 when you're all dressed up 
your Bannana Republic fatigues, your Bell and Ross NATO style wristwatch 
and your B&L aviator shades.  An OD M-6 is the perfect compromise.

Chandos

(who spray painted his tilly in desert camo)


At 11:26 AM 04/27/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>An olive drab Leica is more than tacky - it could be fatal. Imagine you 
>are in a combat zone, particularly in a third world area where everything 
>is highly charged and unstable. You are stopped by troops. You have an 
>army green camera. Ergo, you are a combatant.
>
>An exaggeration? I doubt it.
>
>Sal? Ted? George? Emanuel? Would you like to be caught alive carrying 
>military colored cameras?;-)
>
>B. D.

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