Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>Thieves, for the most part, couldn't tell the difference between a Konica C35 and a Leica, nor would they even care at the time they attempted to steal it. A thief, wanting to steal for quick cash, is interested only in the fact that it is a camera.<<< Dave Munroe, A photography teacher of mine, Steve Szabo, lived aboard a houseboat on the Potomac River. One night thief broke in. The thief stole two of the cheap plastic Diana cameras that were in vogue at that time--each worth about $5.00 _new_--but left two folded Deardorff 8x10s worth thousands of dollars. Why? Steve could only speculate that the Dianas "looked like cameras," whereas the thief couldn't tell what the folded Deardorffs _were_. <g> --Mike P.S. My experience photographing in seaside towns in the 1980s was that the word "Nikon" attracted more attention from, er, the "wrong element" than anything else. I did use black tape to cover that word wherever it appeared on my gear.