Do you like the Leica Red Dot?

Do you like the Leica Red Dot?

  • Yes. It adds Style. It's a Leica After all!

    Votes: 158 52.1%

  • No. People see that Red Dot and they get scared.

    Votes: 145 47.9%
  • Total voters
    303
I have an M4, is there supposed to be a red dot on there somewhere? I checked, and couldn't find one. Is my camera broken now?
 
Red dots are not scary, they are obtrusive.

I do not like the red dot neither on chrome nor on black cameras. Neither I do like engravings on the front but I could live with them. If I ever decide to buy an M4P, M6 or M7 I would replace the red dot with a black one - I like that look a chrome body with a black dot has.

Thomas
 
PHOTOEIL said:
I like the red dot when it is printed on the box or on the brochure, ore as an front door sign, it is some what appealing. But I hate it on the camera, I used to compare it with, let's say, the Mercedes star, it look's a 'little' arrogant, " m' as tu vu".
HCB used to put tape on his camera's, but tape on a chrome camera...
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I think this is why they invented duct-tape.
 
philhirn said:
I hate it :) one major reason to stay with the M2, M3 & M4 is the lack of branding.
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Again, I find the first reply to be my thoughts exactly.

Red Dot = Cheesy, YUCK.
 
I personally don't care for the red dot on black cameras - it's an aesthetic issue - which is why my M6 wears a DAG black dot.

On chrome I think it looks OK.
 
And here is where we differ from car nuts:

a Mercedes owner would not want to remove the star to be able
to approach pedestrians more stealthily.

:)
 
Tuolumne said:
It's ostentatious and embarassing. That's why none of my Leicas have one. Oh, except for my M4-P, but I don't use that one. Maybe that's why?

/T
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That can't be the reason you don't use the M4-P, the red dot will be covered by your hand when you use that camera :D
 
etrigan63 said:
I've come to realize that not noticing stuff is a Y-chromosome thing. Men have to work hard at it. Women, on the other hand, notice everything.

Case in point: I am walking down the street with my wife and a good looking twentysomething girl walks in the opposite direction. I glance at her non-chalantly (trying not to oggle) and carry on with the Mrs. I begin to take a swig of diet soda when my wife says "I cannot believe that girl that just passed us was not wearing underwear!"

I nearly drowned.
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Carlos, *that* is funny :D
 
ferider said:
And here is where we differ from car nuts:

a Mercedes owner would not want to remove the star to be able
to approach pedestrians more stealthily.

:)
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No, they add a bullbar instead...

Bullbars should be forbidden in town, it is very dangerous and distructive for pedestrians and bicycel riders (sorry, it had to come out).
 
Assaf. I really doubt the man in the car saw the red dot in the camera. I'm more inclined to think that he saw the camera, and just the camera.

What would we do if the red dot really had so much power?
 
You guys really need to get a life. Nobody really cares or even notices the RED DOT. Only Self concious owners or other Leica users who are embarrased for people to see they have a Leica care. i'd say 98% of the public, including photographers have no idea what a Leica is or its significance in the owrld of photography. Heck, most Germans do not even know there is a German Leica camera. It amazes me that Leica users are so touchy about the logo. You don't see Nikon or Canon users making such a big deal over the logos on their cameras, why should we?

Gene
 
grduprey said:
You guys really need to get a life. Nobody really cares or even notices the RED DOT. Only Self concious owners or other Leica users who are embarrased for people to see they have a Leica care. i'd say 98% of the public, including photographers have no idea what a Leica is or its significance in the owrld of photography. Heck, most Germans do not even know there is a German Leica camera. It amazes me that Leica users are so touchy about the logo. You don't see Nikon or Canon users making such a big deal over the logos on their cameras, why should we?

Gene
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Don't worry, Gene, nobody really cares for that red dot.

I was (and still am) like you (and all of us, really) smashed at all these caring about that stupid red dot. But then I noticed that nobody really cares about it. People sigh a comment about it, here and there, and that's all.

I was excited at the idea of starting my first poll ever and that was a great topic!:p

Don't worry. We all have lives just as you.

Hey, have you voted?
 
Nah, don't like it. Performance aside, nothing looks better than an M3 with a 50mm Summarit F1.5, and one of those steel rectangular hoods (XOONS). Close second (aesthetically, anyways) is an M3 with a rigid 50mm 'cron with one of them collapsible barn-door hoods.
Both understated retro-gorgeous, just chrome and black. No red crap.
 
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