Re: [Leica] Black Tape

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Dave,
 I can see where this thread is going! We're gonna get dumped on by all the
Wibblax ( and even Wibbaflex) owners out there who are lurking on this
group!
<G>
Dan'l
dwpost@msn.com
- -----Original Message-----
From: David Morton <dmorton@journalist.co.uk>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Cc: dmorton@journalist.co.uk <dmorton@journalist.co.uk>
Date: Saturday, February 07, 1998 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Black Tape

>Dan K wrote:
>>
>> I have heard that Leica owners use black tape to cover parts of their
>> camera to prevent theft.
>
>As a theft prevention measure, black tape has all the utility of a
>waterproof tea bag.
>
>However it is an *excellent* way of confusing & deterring camera nerds.
>The sort of people who come up behind you when you're working and want to
>tell you how much better their Wibblax (with 20-2000 f96-128 zoom) is than
>your hopelessly overpriced M6.
>
>Well, I say "excellent"...a well sharpened fireman's axe would be better,
>but it's a little heavy to carry around, and considered by some to be
>rather anti-social...