[Leica] Black Tape - Silver Tape?

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

Relax, absolutely nobody but camera freaks will recognize your camera  
as expensive. My chrome M6 generally elicits the comment that the  
flash didn't go off. Sometimes I get a query as to why I shoot with  
such an old camera. In fact one lister had his house broken into and  
they took the digital push and pray but left his "worthless" Leica gear.


John

On 11-Mar-09, at 10:47 AM, Jan Decher wrote:

> Interesting this came up.  I have seen several pictures of black  
> Leicas with
> the name and the idiotic red dot covered in black.  I wondered whether
> someone has used some sort of removable silver tape to cover up the  
> names on
> a chrome Leica?
> Advertising  "look here expensive Leica !" is one thing I don't like  
> on my
> M6 compared to the more discreet M3 I had before.  Keeping your gear
> discreet could make a huge difference for safety in places like  
> Naples,
> Kontantinople, or Budapest...well, anywhere really.
>
> That said, I had a ton of gear stolen in bright daylight in Accra,  
> Ghana, in
> 1999. where I don't think too many thiefs knew the difference  
> between a
> Leica and the Contax Aria I was using at the time. To them it was  
> just a
> backpack (LowePro Nature Trekker) full of valuables...
> Jan
>
> ===========From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net>
>>
>> Black tape just has no place on a Leica.
>> ric
>
> Heresy!
>
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