Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Black Tape
From: "David Medley" <dmedley@whidbey.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:36:43 -0800

Erik,

How the hell can I think of a serious reply after reading  this!

Cheers,
David Medley
Whidbey Is.   WA
USA
dmedley@whidbey.net

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> From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Black Tape
> Date: Friday, February 06, 1998 7:13 PM
> 
> At 06:01 AM 2/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >What kind of black tape is used and how is the camera taped over?
> 
> You should use Varta tape. They bought the manufacturing process from
Zeiss
> in 1945 (when real tape was made!) 
> 
> It's made in Germany, made with the sap of trees from the Black Forest.
> Thus the tape, even after wearing thin, maintains it's blackness. 
> 
> Tapes made in Canada, Portugal or Japan are almost as good, but don't
have
> the same blackness. It must be cut only by the model SNOOPY scissors that
> come as an accessory (special order # 123456). You apply it over the
> windows and viewfinders of the camera, so you can't see any pictures that
> offend your sensibilities.
> 
> Collectors prefer it in the original package, never having been placed on
a
> camera. That is unless the camera was owned by Cartier-Bresson,
Eisenstadt,
> or Elliott Erwitt (or used by him on a small dog).
> 
> There is a new collector's special edition tape, called the Bill Clinton
> Memorial Tape. It can be used to wrap up a loved one so they cannot
reveal
> secrets to the New York Times. It will only cost an extra $5 per roll,
but
> it's in short supply. Only 2,000 pieces were available, but the Kenneth
> Starr snatched up the first half of the production run before the old guy
> who made it retired and they had to train a new kid to make the stuff. 
> 
> The LHSA is going to have a raffle and give away two copies at the next
> convention held this year in Boring, Oregon.
> 
> If you want more information, go to this web site:
> 
> 
> http://www.leica.com/~stuck
> ==========
> 
> Eric Welch
> St. Joseph, MO
> http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
> 
> Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.