Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] red dot blues
From: "Hans Pahlen" <hans@komvux.skola.mark.se>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:21:44 +0100

Steven, for heavens sake, don't paint, you will regret it later!
Use black electrical tape, it looks almost like paint, but easy to rip off.
/Hans

>am receiving m-6hm in next day or 2 (pant pant...)
>
>will be my 1st m-6, but in playing with other regular 6's in the shop
>(calumet/chicago) i realized i might have read the thread here last week
>about tape,   that red dot and the white writing on the black body really
>are eyesores.
>
>am considering just painting them out (don't forsee reselling at the
moment,
>in my lust for the 6hm)
>
>so questions:
>what paint (a bad idea)
>what tape stays on (the idea of peeling corners doesn't appeal either)
>
>most anticipated aspect of 6hm: seeing entire 50mm area w/glasses -
couldn't
>do this with m-3
>
>ps: trade in for a couple of 3's w/paul wasn't too horrible price-wise
>--Steven Blutter--
>sblutter@earthlink.net
>
>