Seriously. In light of the fabulously stimulating conversation below, I began to wonder if the phenomenon of purchasing a $2,000 camera, and then putting electrical tape on it for primarily cosmetic reasons, was limited to men. What do women do with their Leicas? I'm curious.

-- Dennis Couvillion (couvilaw@aol.com), December 14, 2001

Answers

Probably take pictures.

-- Godfrey (ramarren@bayarea.net), December 14, 2001.

Yes, Godfrey, I agree. They are known to be more intelligent than men, right ?

-Iván

-- Iván Barrientos M (ingenieria@simltda.tie.cl), December 14, 2001.

Yup. And because they're more intelligent they find all the typos as they're scouring the instruction manual!

;-)

-- Jack Flesher (jbflesher@msn.com), December 14, 2001.

Hi Dennis:

Among the strange facts, it seems that few M6 owners are collecting Leica M6 mouse pads....

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Why not? Xavier.

-- Xavier d'Alfort (hot_billexf@hotmail.com), December 15, 2001.

Yawn... black tape on Leicas eckkkkk... the worst thing is that getting the sticky stuff off is worse... personally Sarah and me would be shooting more pictures. :)

Alfie

-- Alfie Wang (leica_phile@hotmail.com), December 17, 2001.

Alfie, If you don't like the sticky backing on black tape,why don't you try Gaffers tape. The backing does not leave a residue when you remove it. I bought my roll at B+H Photo.

-- Ed Hazera (ehazera@msn.com), December 17, 2001.

i think whatever tape you use, after a while the glue deteriorates and won't come off in one piece. i used gaffer tape for my electronic music gear a lot, and taking it off after a few months was a sticky mess.

-- stefan randlkofer (geesbert@yahoo.com), December 17, 2001.

yes i have taped a small mirror to the back of my leica, nice thing to check your hair and makeup with!

-- maja nilsen (maja25@ofir.dk), June 04, 2002.

Maja, that will teach you to buy an SLR next time: it comes with its own in-built mirror ;-)

-- Ray Moth (ray_moth@yahoo.com), June 04, 2002.