Re: [Leica] Red dots and the Bronx

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

I guess there are some areas worldwide that justify the LOMO's existence!
:o)

Dan (Can't think of a single funny, right now!) Post
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From: "Robert Browne" <rbrowne@iopener.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:24 AM
Subject: [Leica] Red dots and the Bronx


> Jim and Doug wrote:
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> At 05:37 PM 11/17/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >So... do all of the people, Solms employee's, Erwin, Pascal, Lucien, and
> >many thousands of others that live there, tape their red dots when they
> >come here? Or do they just keep them taped while they are at home?
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> >Jim (this taping of the red dot is ludicrous) Brick
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> I suspect they do if they're street-shooting in the Bronx.  Or they risk
> going Leicaless.
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> Doug (who'd rather be ludicrous than lose a Leica) Cooper
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> Actually, it is a commonplace among travelling photographers who visit
> dodgy locations:  the cheaper your camera looks, the better.  You don't
> want to look like a wealthy tourist, and you don't want to look like a
> pro.  Nobody murders people for point-and-shoots.  Which is one of the
> reasons  I adored the Ricoh GR-1:  to anyone but a camera geek it looks
> like a forty-dollar disposable.
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> My dots are fully exposed, but they won't be if I venture too far from
Soho.
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> Doug (insert your ad here) Cooper
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> Doug,
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> I go street shooting in the Bronx all the time with never any problem. I
generally use an old Leica III which lacks the thief magnet red dot. I might
consider a Hello Kitty sticker but that may be pushing my luck. There are
some areas I would not consider venturing into with or without a camera.
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> In Soho the biggest danger is running into a camera geek who wants to talk
about lens resolution or UV filters.
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> Robert (who lives in the Bronx) Browne
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