New Version "Stealth" Monochrome

[Beemermark]

Perhaps they could dedicate the profits from this limited edition camera to hiring another technician at Leica NJ?

The same thought crossed my mind

 

[kshapero]

as a followup to this stunning glow in the dark all black stealth monochrome

Leica is suspected to be working on, would you believe it,

a chrome un-monochrome camera
that you can see in normal room light or day light
without special special glasses
that can actually digitally photograph color!

naturally it will be a special high priced limited special edition camera
for special back to basics photogs
who have tired of monochrome photography

In 1964, a reporter was asked what it was like to interview the Beatles, he replied, "They are cheeky but not brazen." Could the head chef be the fifth Beatle?

 

[BLKRCAT]

Couple-a-things.

First, I think it would be difficult to use the controls when you can't really read any of the engravings.

And second, instead of this camera being black-chrome, they claim it's painted with a special really dark, really flat paint. Well that's gonna look like hell once it starts brassing.

Best,
-Tim

Looking at the hot shoe it looks like the camera will be a limited edition. If so it will never be shot anyways. Shelf queens.

 

[kshapero]

I've no problem with these special editions as it adds to Leica's bottom line and hopefully their long term sustainability in the world of photography.

I agree. I have no problem with these limited editions. I never could afford a Van Gogh but I am glad his paintings are out there to look at. This Mono is certainly cool to look at.

 

[traveler_101]

I write this as I wear a pair of Rag & Bone jeans (not that it matters, but I do like their clothes). When I first read about this new model, my first thought was 'wasn't the Monochrom already stealthy?'. The body didn't have the distinctive 'red dot' (instead replaced with a very attractive screw!), it was matte black, and seemed stealthy enough (or so I thought!). Then when I clicked on the link and then went to the blog post, I was expecting to see photos that would have required a 'stealthy' camera. Dimly-lit photos in a cafe, surreptitious snaps from a smoke-filled saloon, intimate captures of secret meetings in dark corners of the city. But what do I see? Swans. So Marcus needs to be stealthy to, um, sneak up on swans?

Same thing occurred to me: the disparity between the text and the photos. The photos I quite liked but the text is bloated and supercilious - a kind of stylised reiteration of Leica-the-icon playing on the history of the camera in the development of street shooting. As for the product itself, I am not sure how useful it would be to have a luminous camera - for street shooting? Or what? It seems a little bit like - "hey kids look at this neat glow-in-the-dark hula-hoop".

Finally, the concept of the camera as a fashion object, replete with the sage advice about "design" provided by photography expert Kate Bosworth simply falls wide of the mark when you take a look at the camera: big bulky and stocky. No match for the elegance of a beautiful woman.