Huss
Veteran
Leica has been doing these special editions for ever.
I know of 27 special edition M6 models.
27..
(courtesy cameraquest.com !)
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
So in reality ... the ultimate collection would have to be a complete collection of all the special editions. The mind boggles!
Huss
Veteran
So in reality ... the ultimate collection would have to be a complete collection of all the special editions. The mind boggles!
Guess who is buying all these special editions? Including this latest Leica Grifter model.
Contarama
Well-known
When you make special things you can make special editions... leica is special
peterm1
Veteran
Indeed........there is nothing new about Leica "bling"
It's rather like having an ice cream cone with three flavours, sprinkles AND a cherry on top (If such a thing is possible in the real world).
Michael Markey
Veteran
They are a little bi-polar in their marketing in my mind!
Indeed so .
Succinct and correct ,as always Keith.
giganova
Well-known
That thing screams "rockstar" -- I love it!
Would look better in bronze than in brown, though.
Would look better in bronze than in brown, though.
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
"The Grifter" would be a special edition designed by Steven Mnuchin. It'd have a covering of faux $1000 bills.
noisycheese
Normal(ish) Human
There's nothing wrong with Leica making special editions IMHO - but this set is just sinfully ugly.
Maybe what Leica needs is a committee that is charged with vetting special editions with an eye toward derailing visual abominations such as this before they are allowed to proceed to market.
Maybe what Leica needs is a committee that is charged with vetting special editions with an eye toward derailing visual abominations such as this before they are allowed to proceed to market.
giganova
Well-known
Speak for yourself, I find the Drifter fantastic -- a proper Leica for a real rock star!
Keep in mind that most special editions sell out before they even hit the streets and they substantially subsidize the Leicas that we mortals can almost afford.
Archiver
Veteran
Here we go, someone actually bought the Drifter, and has reviewed it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n96MCLU5PZw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n96MCLU5PZw
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
It's perfectly awful!
Michael Markey
Veteran
Wow …. looks a lot worse under that light than it did in the Leica vids.
giganova
Well-known
If I win the lottery, I'll buy it just to annoy you all!
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
If it didn't have Kravitz's name attached to it and wasn't limited to 125 sets who would buy it ... seriously?
I sometimes get the impression that if Leica put a series of cameras through a system that made them look like they've been through twenty five years of use in the desert and dropped down a flight of stairs occasionally people will line up to buy them provided they have a trendy name and limited production. I realise this is the way of the world and they aren't the only guilty party but personally I have no time for it!
It detracts from the reputation/image of a company that makes and always has made seriously good cameras and optics, albeit at a premium.
I sometimes get the impression that if Leica put a series of cameras through a system that made them look like they've been through twenty five years of use in the desert and dropped down a flight of stairs occasionally people will line up to buy them provided they have a trendy name and limited production. I realise this is the way of the world and they aren't the only guilty party but personally I have no time for it!
It detracts from the reputation/image of a company that makes and always has made seriously good cameras and optics, albeit at a premium.
Michael Markey
Veteran
Agreed.
I know the argument runs that its good for the bottom line but do they really need to do this.
I mean really …. it does make them look like a bit of a joke.
I know the argument runs that its good for the bottom line but do they really need to do this.
I mean really …. it does make them look like a bit of a joke.
Huss
Veteran
Leica already did that. And it was the Lenny Kravitz edition before this one!
https://petapixel.com/2015/02/24/this-leica-m-p-correspondent-edition-was-designed-by-lenny-kravitz/
PhotoGog
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I will skip this one in favour of the Zoolander M-A.
Huss
Veteran
ya know i really liked the way the Montcler edition looked
https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2014/11/leica-x-edition-moncler-unboxing/
https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2014/11/leica-x-edition-moncler-unboxing/