Leica Kravitz Special Edition with Brassing?

Richard G said:
Looks terrific in my view. The only M240 I'd be seen dead with. And it takes away the anxiety of the first brassing at one's own hand. A camera to be relaxed with right out of the box. I mean case. I am partly serious. Seriously.
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If your spouse caught you with a $24,500 artificially-aged Leica, you might be seen dead with it.

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I could do the same thing in a few minutes, and a lot cheaper, with a Scotch Brite pad. There could be money in this!
 
I think what pi$$es people off as much as anything about these specials is the rhetoric in Leica's description of the camera. It's there to ..........

Oh what's the point! :bang:
 
... apparently the upcoming Robert Capa ... D-day anniversary M will be dipped in real sea water ...
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Sparrow said:
... apparently the upcoming Robert Capa ... D-day anniversary M will be dipped in real sea water ...
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You know, at this point I think they'd actually do it. They'd take a batch of 44 cameras off the Normandy coast and dunk them in the surf. Packaging will look like an old distressed ammo crate and will include a bottle of real Normandy beach sand.

Back on topic though- I think one has to earn the brassing through one's own use of the camera. Badge of honour and all that, y'know? Artificial factory brassing completely defeats the original meaning of organic, honest brassing.
 
Got sandpaper - will make your Leica exotic for $100 - PM me :D

EDIT: Forgot to mention - mud on sensor is done for only $50 while stock lasts.
 
konicaman said:
Got sandpaper - will make your Leica exotic for $100 - PM me :D

EDIT: Forgot to mention - mud on sensor is done for only $50 while stock lasts.
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I can offer a more authentic service...

Give me your camera - preferably a black paint model - and I'll use it for fifteen years and it'll end up looking something like my own, though I admit my charge will be greater than $100. :D
 
Keith said:
I think what pi$$es people off as much as anything about these specials is the rhetoric in Leica's description of the camera. It's there to ..........

Oh what's the point! :bang:
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Well, I don't now what everyone else's point is, but I just like making fun of people who buy stuff like this. (The torn / worn "designer" jeans is another example.)
I think that Leica (shamefully, but very wisely) takes advantage of people who pay lots of money for their boutique designs. The real clowns are those buyers, not Leica.

I offered a "daveleo" design to Leica, but they said no one would buy a camera pickled in beer. O well :p
 
newsgrunt said:
Good for Gibson, wear should be come by honestly. If my MP gets some road rash, I usually remember the circumstances and the assignment I may have been working on when it happens. But to have a person brass a camera simply for aesthetics is laughable really.
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As Stefan Daniel said of my black MP, "Each scar, each scratch, will remind you of how the camera got it. It's what makes the camera really yours." Here's the off-road jack rubbing against it on a forest road when I un-ditched the Land Rover; here are the marks from a student party in Translyvania (honest!)...

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.
 
The "relic" finish on guitars, faux antiques, and Leicas is for posers. The type of people that constantly ask "how does the XYZ lens [or strap...or...] look on the M Leica?" And post more pictures of the camera sitting next to a set of car keys and a beverage, than by the camera.

It's for people who value the value and the image more than the image.
 
jaapv said:
Why not? There used to be a time when an aspiring apprentice staff photographer would attack his Nikon with sandpaper and a steel brush to look like a seasoned pro...
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I have never, ever met anyone who did this and I've been in the game along time and my colleagues were photographers who were en route to becoming or were gods in the business. They/we were secure enough and didn't need to pull these stunts as we would have been laughed out of the photo pits etc... ymmv

as for stickers... ;)
 
I this helps Leica to make profit, stay in business and develop "no special edition" cameras for all of us...why not? Nobody "must" buy it if he does not like it!
robert
 
At first I was a little resistant to this finish treatment, but after I scratched the surface it really started to rub off on me.


(I came here for the puns.)
 
Marketing goal achieved: It is all over the Forums. The bonus will be if they actually sell the cameras @ 24.500 $$$ a pop...:D
 
Oh I'm sure there will be a few sitting in display cabinets in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai etc.. and they probably won't have a clue who Lenny is lol
 
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