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I wasn't sure where to post this.
Today I saw a guy with a Canon Rebel something, but what was interesting was his flash. It was clearly a Vivitar, probably a £60 thing, but it had a very large, very bling elliptical Leica logo on the front of it. I had my M6 with me so wandered over to chat about cameras. I asked him about his flash, and he proudly told me about his 'Leica' flash unit which he'd been sold in Italy (he was Italian).
Now, this was a hotshot mounted black plastic cheap swivel head flash that takes 4 AA batteries, it was not Leica. I told him this, and he very smugly told me he was a camera expert and it was a Leica flash worth over £500.
I walked away confused, and then found it. This was it:
Where on this picture it says Vivitar in large letters was an elliptical shiny Leica third party sticker. 😀
So, either he was playing around, or some shop in Italy is doing a great trade. 🙂
Today I saw a guy with a Canon Rebel something, but what was interesting was his flash. It was clearly a Vivitar, probably a £60 thing, but it had a very large, very bling elliptical Leica logo on the front of it. I had my M6 with me so wandered over to chat about cameras. I asked him about his flash, and he proudly told me about his 'Leica' flash unit which he'd been sold in Italy (he was Italian).
Now, this was a hotshot mounted black plastic cheap swivel head flash that takes 4 AA batteries, it was not Leica. I told him this, and he very smugly told me he was a camera expert and it was a Leica flash worth over £500.
I walked away confused, and then found it. This was it:
Where on this picture it says Vivitar in large letters was an elliptical shiny Leica third party sticker. 😀
So, either he was playing around, or some shop in Italy is doing a great trade. 🙂
