The Latest M special ... The Kravitz 'Drifter'.

Keith

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I quite like the look of this latest boutique special ... and the fake python 'vegan friendly' skin rings all my bells being an Aussie who loves snakes! :D

And of course, whatever keeps the Leica wheels turning is fine by me ... but I still cringe just a little! :p

Kravitz Drifter
 
I'm seeing the man playing live next week, quite excited. However, don't quite share the taste for camera finishes...
 
I don't thing Germans are in fashion elite.
They are trying to make it as boutique kit, with purses and lens color matching nails polishing.... But it is lipstick on the pig result.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
I don't thing Germans are in fashion elite.
They are trying to make it as boutique kit, with purses and lens color matching nails polishing.... But it is lipstick on the pig result.
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:eek: Well said Ko.Fe. .....who are they trying to attract with that...? at least it's not a film M ;)
 
Ko.Fe. said:
I don't thing Germans are in fashion elite.
They are trying to make it as boutique kit, with purses and lens color matching nails polishing.... But it is lipstick on the pig result.
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You nailed it! lol :p:p:p
 
Is it 'drifting' when you stay in expensive hotel suites, have a driver and carry a camera costing as much as I can only guess that thing will cost?

"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion" - a drifter
 
I wonder what Kerouac would think about this... Kravitz isn't a drifter, who by definition is unemployed, he is part of the jet set. It is cool among that set to co-opt the culture of the poor. I don't think a special edition Lenny Kravitz "Jet Set" would have much appeal among the rich though.

I think of the song Common People by Pulp. Kravitz can just call his banker....

I should add that I like Lenny Kravitz' music. And I do own a Leica.
 
When compared to how god awful his music is, this makes sense. Not that anyone who buys this camera would actually use it, but if I did, I'd certainly kick my own ass.
 
The interesting part of this story is the lenses: a 28mm f2 and a 75mm f2 as a travel set. There is not much commentary on the web about using this combo as a travel kit, but it is an appealing one. In the 2010s the 28mm has become the standard focal length. Apple standardized it by making it the lens on their phones, which is what everyone uses for photography now. So with 28mm being the new standard lens, what lens to compliment it? Apple has chosen a slightly longer than normal lens, which is in line with what photojournalists have been saying for decades: that they can cover almost all situations with a 28 and a 50. But for general photography with a rangefinder, why not compliment the 28 with a 75? It almost seems like a better 2 lens combo, because you get a bit higher reproduction ratio and a bit tigher cropping to isolate a subject or a scene, without having too big a gap between focal lengths. It's too bad the Leica M frame line for 75mm is not better...


But anyway, have fun trash talking online folks.
 
I don't mind the pattern but I guess it's very familiar to me ... I prefer it on the snake though! lol :p
 
The perfect camera for the Cameras and Coffee thread! :D

I think the sepia brown makes this the only camera with gold parts that looks halfway decent. Replace the snakeskin with standard vulkanit and it'd be as wearable as olive drab.
 
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