Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Georgette Oden wrote: SNIP > Question: is the tape-over-the-red-dot thing an anti-theft measure > designed to hide the Leica symbol? or what? > > Thanks for the insight... > > Georgette The tape over the red dot is actually a status thing. It is known to LUGgers, cognescenti and camera afficionados as the only true camouflage for an M6. Anyone can carry an M6 with a red dot but only the true believers mentioned above will recognize the symbolic significance of the tape. I believe, as was discussed ad nauseum a couple months ago, that you can even get special German-made tape for this purpose. Sorry LUG for beating this dead horse. Carl S. p.s. Georgette, all in good fun. Tape is to make it more discreet on a black body and/or draw less attention to it for street work. On chrome body it is pointless anyway. Some feel that the dot is gratuitous and opportunistic advertising on Leica's part. - -- Sometimes the wrong thing is exactly the thing you should do.