Just simply back out the brand name and the customs will be unable to
recognize? There are lots of practical reasons behind blacken out
letters, such as not so attractive during night shooting (e.g. for the
press photographer). But this is the first time I heard about customs
issue, may be you are right.
For your question of why the 50/1.8 is not blacked out I think you
also have to ask yourself. Is there no customs issue for 50/1.8? I
would say may be he didn't use it for copy work or he just never use
it since it came with the camera set purchased.
C.H.Ling
Ed Senior wrote:
But why would everything but the "50mm/f1.8" be blacked out? I'm sure
of the U.S. Customs regulations on certain registered trademarks... four
times overseas with the U.S. Navy gets you very familiar with customs
regulations. I know Nikons and Pentaxes were affected by this
requirement when I was in the Navy, and I'm sure there are still those
trademarks that have to be blacked out today.
Ed Senior
C.H.Ling wrote:
>The black out of lettering is to prevent reflection. For some
>photography works such as flat copy it is better to have the tripod
>and camera in black, otherwise you have to cover them carefully.
> >
The last time I read anything about trademark protected imported
goods was that they used a grinder to remove the identifying marks,
not a marker ink that could be removed or which would not really
destroy the trademark. I have never heard of it applied to Oly stuff.
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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