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Black tape
( Photography
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Heh.
I’ve plastered up my camera during the weekend. Bought some black tape and just covered up all the markings and brandname etc. Now it looks rightfully mean and black.
Not just black. Matte black.
My lenses, lens cap, flash, everything.
Was going into a dodgey area and my camera doesn’t really blend in. The trick kinda worked until I popped the lens cap.
Its wierd. You just can’t seem to hide the fact that a lens is expensive. The giveaway with my lens was the coating on the front element. It gave off this beautiful purple-blue sheen that everyone kept looking at.
In the end, I just kept shooting and didn’t care. But I cared enough that I didn’t whip out my monstrous flash unit. …