Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/23

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Subject: Re: Thoughts from a user
From: ireland@blazenet.net (Robert Brummett)
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:50:12 -0500

>>I also wonder why Leica are so fond of the red logo on their cameras? I
>>think it is because they want to create an easily identified prestige image
>>for their brand. -Look, I can afford a Leica (I am succesful in life)! As a
>>user, I dislike the logo, as it makes it easy to identify me as a person
>>waiting to be robbed. So, I have always put a black tape on the logo.
>
>
>A very good point. My cameras are  Wetzlar era, and look outdated to the
>layman, so I don't have the same problem. However, I've always taken the
>view that when carried in an area with any sort of crime problem, an
>expensive gadget bag is saying "Steal Me" to the local villains. I was
>amused to see in a Leica store an expensive gadget bag with an embossed
>text "Made exclusively for Leica".  I guess that one is yelling "For
>*****'s sake, STEAL ME!"
>
>I carry my gear in a military-surplus shoulder bag, and I know another
>journalist who does the same. Such bags may look scruffy, but draw little
>attention - when I worked in a factory many years ago I used the same
>pattern of bag to carry my lunch and flask of coffee.
>
>
>Doug Richardson

Doug-

Excellent advice, and very wise! Why any savvy traveler would carry some of
the rigs they do is beyond me. A trick I have found very useful is to use
the kind of velcro-attachable padded inserts available for bags like the
Domke (they come in 1, 2, and 4 compartment versions) to make a "custom
bag" out of a generic small backpack or bookbag. Very convenient. Offers
good protection for gear, and even a few pockets for munchies, maps, and
such. And our beloved Leicas fit into those small compartments much better
than some of those "elephants" out there!

- -Robert

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