Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Black or Silver M6 TTL
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:13:17 -0400
References: <002001c02a3b$024e5920$6c0110ac@ccapr.com>

I guess a very sophisticated, highly funded study could possibly conclude
that the chrome bodies are shinier than the black ones.

dan c.

At 11:08 AM 29-09-00 -0700, Chuck Albertson wrote:
>I remember being told by a member of the Seattle PD's Red Squad (during an
>interlude at a demo in the early 70's) that the reason they used black
>cameras to photograph demonstrators was because of a psychological study
>funded by the LEAA (the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, one of
>those Nixon-era agencies that doled out huge amounts of cash to police
>departments), which concluded that black cameras were less conspicuous than
>chrome models.
>

In reply to: Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] Black or Silver M6 TTL)