Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica and Thieves
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 20:28:28 -0500

Dear God Almighty, have mercy on us sinners.

Folks, one of the finest of urban myths, and one propagated most mightily
by the Silver Screen and the Idiot Eye, is that of the "discerning thief".
For that matter, let us wander back a half-century to radio's "The Many
Lies of Harry Lime", with Orson Welles playing to perfection the part of a
thief and con artist who knew every comodity, every value, and every dodge.

There may well be a FEW thieves, world-wide, who know what a Leica might
be, but these are few, indeed.  Most know the ones who advertise on the
Tellie -- Nikon, Canon, Sony, und so weiter -- but they have just never
heard of Rollei or Leica or Hasselblad.  Hence, they won't steal these
cameras, as they suspect they will have difficulty fencing such.  They will
take a Nikon P&S over a Leica IIIc K as they are just too damned
unsophisticated to know the difference.

Now, if Professor Moriarty were still around, perhaps this would be a
matter for the geriatric Sherlock Holmes to handle from his bee-keeping
hideout in Surrey.  But, otherwise, fearing the red dot is perhaps the
ultimate exercize in sheer, bloody paranoia.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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