Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]there is another way, I carry my camera over my left sholder, over my right hip is a customized Colt Officers model....want my camera ? try and get it. >Someone originally wrote: > >"I thought of putting black electrical tape over the name and red dot." > > ----------------------------------------- >Then I wrote: > >"Again!!! As sure as the sun rises, once per month this!" >--------------------------------------- >Then B.D Colen wrote: > >"Yup. Which suggests that perhaps this is a reasonable question/issue, on > which reasonable LUGers will reasonably disagree, all conceding that this is > nothing more or less than a question of what you like or don't like and what > makes you comfortable or uncomfortable." >------------------------------------- >Now.... > >B.D. and Friends: > >As tired as this discussion may be, B.D. has a point, as this question does >contunuously come up. Obviously a security issue considering what we have all >invested. > >Consider this. Does anyone know of a photographer who has had their Leica >stolen out of their hands because it was a Leica? I have heard of photogs >being held up in Belize and had the entire camera bag stolen (US$10,000 worth >of Nikons), but in this case, it was just because they were cameras with >value. I also heard today that over 60 reporters have been killed in Algeria >since 1990, I'm sure some cameras were stolen. But aside from the extreme >cases in places forewarned by the US State Dept., does anyone know of a Leica >stolen out of someone's hands simply for the Leica's brand?? > >Here's to safe shooting, > >Arturo >