Leica Kravitz Special Edition with Brassing?

[Michel154]

Nothing wrong with braising but I don't know about you, me the first thing to get banged up is the lens shade not the aperture ring looks machine made and fake

 

[zuiko85]

This gives the possibility of a completely different way of looking at it, though. Perhaps a bit of pre-distressing will make people more willing to USE their Leicas, and add their own scratches and scuffs, instead of worrying about how they're lowering the value by (sharp intake of breath) actually taking pictures. That way, the "pre-brassed" Leica will hold its value better (and maybe even go up in value) as long as you keep the original box, certificate, or whatever proves that this isn't just another beat-up Leica: it's supposed to look that way.

Cheers,

R.

It's digital. The words 'digital' and 'holding value' are never spoken in the same sentence.

 

[Colin Corneau]

It's digital. The words 'digital' and 'holding value' are never spoken in the same sentence.

BULLSEYE.

If anyone here believes Leica is actually going to use foppery like this Kravitz Edition to fund innovative new products that we all can afford and use, I have some primo swampland to sell you.

 

[Kwesi]

It's digital. The words 'digital' and 'holding value' are never spoken in the same sentence.

Except when the sentence includes "Leica"

 

[Lss]

This particular one rubs me the wrong way because it's cruel irony. They're selling a fantasy when many actual photojournalists can barely afford an M240.

This is a Lenny Kravitz special edition camera, and every single Lenny Kravitz I have heard of can easily afford one. Actually, every single actual person called Lenny I have heard of can afford it. If the Leica M is a fantasy for a photojournalist, it is so regardless of this release. Many of the special editions don't make much sense, but some are surely quite nice looking. Based on all the angles, this one isn't. The wear simply looks fake (which it of course is). I'd still shoot one.

Based on above, I'm seriously thinking about changing my name to Lenny. Leica M wealth waits me.

 

[jsrockit]

Except when the sentence includes "Leica"

Which Leica Digital sells for as much used as it did new? Notice it said "holds" not depreciates slower vs. its competitors.

 

[MP Guy]

summed up Here

 

[Vickko]

Be the first to gasp OMG

Be the first to gasp OMG

http://petapixel.com/2015/02/24/this-leica-m-p-correspondent-edition-was-designed-by-lenny-kravitz/


$25K?

Custom identical patina?

 

[FrankS]

OMG !

What do I win? That camera?

 

[lawnpotter]

Why did'nt they hit it with a hammer a few times ?

Oh yeah, almost forgot. OMG! Yay I get second prize

 

[randolph45]

Omg Its Not Film!!!!!!

Omg Its Not Film!!!!!!

So much for real age.I was disappointed it wasn't film.

 

[f16sunshine]

Leica must be paying Mr Kravitz by the hour to rub that paint off! 😛

 

[ramosa]

Leica silliness. Instead, why not work on decreasing the weight of the next M and, perhaps, getting a CCD censor back into it?!

 

[f16sunshine]

Leica silliness. Instead, why not work on decreasing the weight of the next M and, perhaps, getting a CCD censor back into it?!

What? You don't think rubbing off some paint reduces the weight of the camera ? 😉

 

[literiter]

I got a M2 that really looks like crap.....I'll sell that to you for a mere $20,000!

 

[peterm1]

Does it turn in images that look like they were made in the 1950s?

 

[Cyriljay]

Does it give the guarantees of each time it was in the repairing it has taken as Lenny's camera gone through?

 

[Dez]

Can it get more ridiculous?

Can it get more ridiculous?

Leica has announced the "Lenny Kravitz" camera. This is an edition of 125 black M-P digital cameras that have been pre-brassed (!) to make it look used. It will doubtless cost a staggering amount of money. It comes with a 50mm Summilux that "has been constructed in the classic design of its ancestor from 1959", also pre-brassed. I wonder if this means they revived the version 1 optical formula?

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica...a-mp/?utm_source=20150302en&utm_medium=E-Mail

This camera raises an interesting question. If one were to buy it and then actually use it for a couple years rubbing off some more paint and maybe adding a ding or two, would that make it even more valuable, or is it only abrasions lovingly hand-crafted by Leitz master technicians that have worth? I suspect we will never find out as the odds are against anyone's ever actually taking pictures with one of these.

I have a couple of Leicas, which I use, and for which I have a great deal of respect as superbly well-made machines, but it really has become impossible for me to take Leica Camera AG seriously anymore.

Has anyone ever done a RFF poll on the most ridiculous of the Leica special editions, I wonder?

Cheers,
Dez

 

[Dralowid]

Seems about on the same level as Rolls Royce cars...and they are hugely successful

 

[Ko.Fe.]

It is good marketing for rich collectors. Old new is one thing, new old is another.

I don't know about polls, but couple of threads already.