RE: [Leica] The lure of brass

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

ry old "brassed
> out" camera, that no one would want to steal. Which would be
> very handy
> if you were doing odd p-j jobs in every corner of the city at
> every hour
> of the day and night.
>
> Not that I will confess on the LUG to knowing of this from firsthand
> experience. <g>
>
> Similar in principle if not in damage to the hardware: my preferred
> "camera bag" was an oily, crumpled old paper grocery bag sitting in
> plain view on the front seat. Thieve think: a. no one would ever put
> anything valuable in that; b. if they did, they wouldn't
> leave it right
> there on the seat; and c. it can't contain groceries because if it did
> it would be new, and it looks too old. (I did get my car
> broken into for
> an actual bag of groceries once...<*sigh*>...you live and learn.)
>
> --Mike

Mike, Mike...You're changing the subject....because what you're talking
about is not looking cool, but shooting safe...which is another subject
altogether...