Not getting the recognition you deserve?
By Brad Husick
Do you shoot with a Leica camera and wish that people would pay homage to you for that expensive purchase? The Leica red dot is supposed to do that, but let’s face it – that dot is just too damn small! In some cases, like the Monochrom or the M9-P there’s no dot at all! What were they thinking??? Why do I use this camera anyway?
Well now there’s a solution. The LBRD. Leica Big Red Dot. Just apply the self-adhesive LBRD to any Leica (or any other camera for that matter) and get the instant recognition you deserve as a photography equipment connoisseur.
Free at your local Leica boutique. I got mine at the Bellevue, WA Leica boutique.
– Brad
I think it should come with a cape!
you made my day! a big ROFLMAO! it’s the same like the guys with their rent or fathers huge D4, but can’t take a decent shot, or even worse than with a cell phone camera. Seriously, if somebody needs that sticker, and also for his/her own self-esteem a big leica sticker – i’d suggest to visit your doc right away, because then you’d have some sort of serious mental disorder.
ROTFLMAO!
If your reason for buying Leica is to get people’s admiration, you clearly missed the point!
Leica tips and hints:
that cool red dot sticker would be more visible on the forehead
don’t thank me please
I prefer to put the stick on my photos…! JCB
i love mine!
Its actually meant to be used as a laptop decal. Mine covers the Apple logo 🙂
Why not just put it on your forehead?
Should get smaller overnight with a little spot cream.
I propose it be taped over with black friction tape, so now one will know what you really have and can be more unobtrusive. But also that the tape covering have a little window, so that you can ‘inadvertently’ let the red dot show through, so that others can see you are doubly cool- not only do you have a Leica, but you are very cleverly showing others that you are cool enough to not care.
I would say this would be better for Leica D-Lux shooters, since they are the ones that care most about the name 🙂
Seems like a disadvantage. It will take more black tape to cover it.
Mks
There is a black variation of the LBRD called Leica Big Black Dot, LBBD, for people who don’t want to use tape over their LBRD in order to not get noticed. It takes a lot of tape to fully cover the LBRD, so it makes things easier.
Not getting the recognition you deserve?
Learn first even really what photography is
People that start conversations based solely on what camera brand do you use usually don’t understand much about photography.
True all the way it’s not the camera that counts.
Well, this is FABULOUS…simply FABULOUS. I didn’t own a Leica, but because of this FABULOUS new sticker that’s available, I ordered a 240 today as well as a sticker. Man, it’s gonna be FABULOUS. I’ll be able to take MORE FABULOUS pitchas then evvah B4 and get the recognition that people deserve when they use these FABULOUS Leica cameras. Yeah. Good move on my part. Yeah. THANKS SO MUCH! 😉
And it’s AWESOME, too. I’ve bought a small strip of coloured flashing LED lights to encircle mine.
THANKS FOR SHARING (as Miss Daphne in kindergarden taught us to say).
Better yet get the LBRD and stick it to the front of a baseball cap – and wear it while you shoot with your iPhone!
Good one Brad! I fully agree Leica owners do not get the recognition they deserve.
I presume you can still tape over it if you don’t like it ??
I suppose it would be better to tape over it, since in removing it, the paint might come off.
I’m sure that would make it much more valuable to a Leica collector.
I have a red dot on all my lenses except my RX1 🙂
Yeeha! The LBRD is compatible to other manufacturers!
Anyone who does not get it should immediately return their camera to the shop forever and buy a tank full of goldfish
Yes , you should put black tape an your Porsche logo also .I think those “black tape guys” are looking for even more attention.
Genius, this is just what I’ve been waiting for. It will go really well with my Leica red dot T-shirt and cap that I like to wear when I’m out shooting.
good idea, LBRD sold in any Walmart for $1.99
I think you’ll find you can only buy it in Leica boutiques, and it costs $1,299.99. Shortly there will be a special edition version in coelacanth skin limited to 100 individually numbered copies which each come in an individual bamboo-lined presentation case, costing a mere $13,499.99.
I love how some folks are wondering if Brad is serious. Great post!
Leica charges $160 for a rubber band (finger loop). Surely this sticker has to be worth more than free?!
It must be a joke…would really lend itself to discreet photography! Though I like Jeff’s idea about putting it on the lens’ front element!! 😉
I am kinda slow so I ask again. Is this a joke?
Yes, Anthony, it’s a joke. See how I put the sticker on so it even covers the baseplate a little? How am I supposed to open it to get the card or battery?
No… dead serious.
It’s a BIG RED JOKE, young man!
Also called sarcasm !
Will take my all black M8 out for at shooting now.
Maybe I’ll find some LBRD out there!
Peace out and enjoy life!
Of course it is a Joke. Excellent article by the way! Of course there are enough people out there who make good use of Leica (and other expensive brands for that matter) but there are a lot of people who buy it just to show off. and that’s what it’s about here.
I put black tape over the red dot and the M9 on mine just so it’ll lessen my chance of getting bonked on the head
is it ok to apply a LBRD sticker then cover it with black tape?
hahahahahah. Good shown john, good show
:LMFAO
I am thinking of Getting a red Dot Tattooed on my forehead 😛
Be carefull my friend not to be taken for a Leica perv. As you maybe know, red dot is used in India by married women. However there are kind of men that use it too. They are called hijras, the transsexuals.
A nice big red dot that screams STEAL ME!
In my experience, nobody knows or cares what the red dot is except for extreme camera geeks such as myself. Any thief savvy enough to recognize the logo from a distance will know what kind of camera you’re carrying whether it’s got the logo or not. Frankly, I think that the act of putting tape over the red dot is an expression of false humility — a kind of humble brag. I say, if you’ve got it, be proud.
BRING ON THE RED DOT STICKERS! ;P
We could also make a sticker for the a7 which says, “don’t worry, there’s another model coming in a few weeks”.
I know it’s rediculous!
That is kind of what Hasselblad does. Only they make the sticker out of wood, and charge $500 for it.
For a person with some knowledge of cameras a RED DOT is not needed.
For a person with some knowledge of cars a crest is not needed as per Porsche.
For me, with my past Leica M4, had no RED DOT (was not even ‘invented’), however I could read Leica engraved on top of the camera house. That was great and I still believe in this. The RED DOT is disturbing and give wrong signals to a lot of people. Even worse? Gives long distance signals to crooks! Some of us want to be discrete and that’s the point with Leica method of photography as I see it.
Maybe I could put an EASY sticker (also red), over the lens to assure proper exposure .
hahahahhahahahah
LOL. Too funny my friend!
Brad, no prayer mat? :D)
Terry, you know full well that’s an extra on the Leica lifestyle options list. It’s designed so it matches your Louis Vuitton (or was it Hermes?) travel set.
I prefer black tape over my Leica logo so people will leave me the hell alone. I use it because it works for me better than my DSLR system.
Doh – your hand will cover it! Put it on the lens’ front element instead, cos you can still see through the rangefinder.
:))) good one!
I hear the Leica Bellevue Boutique is really big on the “experience”. Quite immersive really. Hard to get out.
Just like Disneyworld.
Is this a joke ?
It does seem like a joke!
Of course, it is a joke, a good one.
No of course it’s not a joke. Leica sell them for $399 but I’ve got a brand new one that I could let you have for only $200…email me!
Are you serious?
I have a RDFR – Red Dot Finger Ring. People have to kiss the ring each time they want to see my photos.