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"Lorem Ipsum" wrote:

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Is that Like-A shirt?

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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:48:47 -0500, "Lorem Ipsum" wrote:

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I'd be careful about asserting copyright claims when you undoubtedly violated
Leica's design patents, trademarks, and copyrights in making those shirts.

-- Larry

Lorem Ipsum wrote:
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Strangely enough, these cameras do not attract much attention when worn
around the neck. It is only other photographers who notice them. I took
my M6 and a set of lenses to Prague once (which is crawling with
thieves and pickpockets) and felt quite safe. The camera attracted no
attention. If you don't know cameras, a Leica doesn't look like it is
very valuable.

While I am on the subject, those cameras are a real ******* to load.

pltrgyst wrote:

I'd be careful about asserting copyright claims when you undoubtedly
violated
Leica's design patents, trademarks, and copyrights in making those shirts.

You think Leica is going to object to someone walking around a living Leica
billboard?

Or that ad-agencies do not hold copyright on the advertisments they produce,
which always feature trademarks etc. very prominently?

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While I am on the subject, those cameras are a real ******* to load.

Why so?

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or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:48:47 -0500, "Lorem Ipsum"
wrote:

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I'd be careful about asserting copyright claims when you undoubtedly
violated
Leica's design patents, trademarks, and copyrights in making those shirts.

You should be careful presuming I had anything thing to do with the shirts.

Gregory Blank wrote:
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wrote:

While I am on the subject, those cameras are a real ******* to load.

Why so?

Its take-up spool is strange. You have got to put your film between the
teeth so the film leader sticks out the other side and when the camera
winds on it is supposed to grip the film. Except sometimes it doesn't
and when you wind on the film stays where it is.

Another thing with the M6, the battery can seem to be OK but it might
be low and if so you can not trust the exposure reading. There is
nothing to tell you there might be a problem. Hopefully you will spot
it in day lighting conditions you are familiar with but it could be
dull conditions where you are relying on its metering.

Also the rangefinder can need adjusting from time to time (I've got a
big screwdriver I use to do this).

In article .com,
wrote:

Gregory Blank wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:

While I am on the subject, those cameras are a real ******* to load.

Why so?

Its take-up spool is strange. You have got to put your film between the
teeth so the film leader sticks out the other side and when the camera
winds on it is supposed to grip the film. Except sometimes it doesn't
and when you wind on the film stays where it is.

This is making me appreciate my Rolleis. Lovely cameras to load, those.
Insert spool, push film under automat roller, insert tab into other spool,
close door, take photos.

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Lorem Ipsum wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/LEICA-M6-VERY-RA...temZ7556656572

Strangely enough, these cameras do not attract much attention when worn
around the neck. It is only other photographers who notice them. I took
my M6 and a set of lenses to Prague once (which is crawling with
thieves and pickpockets) and felt quite safe. The camera attracted no
attention. If you don't know cameras, a Leica doesn't look like it is
very valuable.

While I am on the subject, those cameras are a real ******* to load.

Why buy a Leica shirt when you can buy an original easy-to-load FED with a
lens at the same price? And those lenses are no cheap Tessar knock-offs but
true Zeiss designs...

-- Lassi