[Leica] Camera as a weapon

[philippe.amard]

My take is give your assailant the camera - your life is worth so much  
more than a bl...eep piece of junk the kids will dump anyway.

then you also are covered by an insurance policy.
Then the cops will be happy to oblige.
Then the cam's ID will be a way to find how it survives, and some  
artist may perform better than you ever did.
Also, the Leica folks won't be bothered not having a longer waiting  
list for repairs,
etc,
etc.

Philippe, definitely not a gear addict.


Le 26 janv. 15 à 20:26, Larry Zeitlin via LUG a écrit :

> Yale Joel taught me how to use a camera as a weapon back in 1948. He  
> was using a Rolleiflex, I a Kodak Medalist. He said that either one,  
> swung with a sturdy neck strap, would make a fine mace. The camera  
> would survive much better than your opponents.
> Larry Z
> ? - - - - -
> And if that should occur? WITHOUT HESITATION NOR FEAR? And if you  
> have an M
> camera in hand? Swing it quickly on neck strap with great force at  
> the side
> of your assailants head! He won't take another swing at you!
>
> Don't worry about the camera as an M is well built and can be used  
> as a
> deterrent in this fashion most effectively! Those of you who've  
> bought a
> BIO-copy of "TED GRANT SIXTY Years of Legendary Photojournalism!"  
> Will find
> a segment about me in a fight with three drunk cops at the end of a  
> football
> game when I lived in Ottawa. I used an M6 in just that swing and hit
> fashion! ?.... ?I WON!!!!!! :-) A good read! :-)
>
> cheers,
> Dr. ted?
>
>
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