Roger Hicks
Veteran
robklurfield
eclipse
Unfortunately, the oldest cave painting was permanently damaged when someone taped over the red dot with a black electrical tape.
tjh
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mwooten
light user
That was me. Sorry.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Street shooting before there were streets?
Jamie123
Veteran
The cave wall did look much more professional, though.
openuser
Newbie
The artist then went on to paint another wall art without the red dot and charged the client 1000 more clam shells for leaving it out.
MartinP
Veteran
It is apparently possible that the red dot dates from the period of Neanderthal man, and the Neander valley is not so very far from Wetzlar . . . Is this coincidence, hmmm???
Spooky
Spooky
FrankS
Registered User
The original artist taped over it because he didn't want to draw too much attention to it.
randolph45
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red dot
red dot
Did Leica infringe on copyright red dot??Hmmm.
red dot
Did Leica infringe on copyright red dot??Hmmm.
porktaco
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yeah, but it was better when it was a film cave painting
kokoshawnuff
Alex
That's why you're supposed to use gaffers tape, not that horrible sticky electrical stuff
FrankS
Registered User
Gaffer's tape had obviously not been invented yet.
There were no gaffers back then.
There were no gaffers back then.
loquax ludens
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Wow, the forum says this thread that was started an hour ago has had 12,907 views already. There must be a lot of people who appreciate cave art, or else the copyright lawyers are gearing up for a massive infringement lawsuit against Leica. Maybe a class action suit with all of humanity in the class.
randolph45
Well-known
Lots of gaffs here
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
MartinP
Veteran
An authorship class action on behalf of the original painters would be tricky, as they're extinct . . . Which means the case would go on for years - perfect for fees !!
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
The poor deluded sod who covered the red dot did so because there was a sabre tooth tiger waiting outside the cave ... and he'd heard that taping over the dot would make the cave invisible.
wafflecakee
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lam
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Unfortunately Apple patented everything, including ' a red circle ' which resembles a product of theirs, in the future.. we just haven't discovered yet.
-typed on a macbook air
-typed on a macbook air