pippy Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 For the sum of $24,500 Lenny Kravitz (with a little help from his chums at Leica) can help you out with a 'pre-brassed' camera! http://petapixel.com...-lenny-kravitz/ In his defence Mr. Kravitz is a well-known Leicaman and Leica have been doing this 'for-well-heeled-collectors-only' sort of thing practically from the start; the gold-plated, lizard-skin covered 'Luxus' appeared in 1930 - just 6 years after the marque was first launched. For those of us, OTOH, who have a genuine road-worn '59 LP (in a tasteful 'burst) and are looking for an appropriate camera with which to snap it we can always just hope for another one of these to come up for sale; This one came up for auction in 2012 and it's hammer-price of $2,790,000 makes the LK version seem pretty affordable. The 'brassing' here is, of course, genuine. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hello Pippy! I admit, I don't know a thing about cameras, often troubled which button to push on modern units too. These might be junks, anyways, that's what I've found locally: http://antik.vatera.hu/keramia_agyag/egyeb/nagyon_regi_fenykepezogep_2038897754.html and a soviet gadget: http://antik.vatera.hu/szerszam_munkaeszkoz/antik_szovjet_fenykepezogep_mukodik_2037674165.html Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Some more: http://www.antikregiseg.hu/antik_regi/fenykepezogep.php Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 ...and a Leica: http://www.antikregiseg.hu/piacter/egyeb_regiseg_leica_iii___ernest_leitz_wetzlar__35754.php?tipus=1&keres=Leica&oldal= Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 The Altissar and Fed are priced about the same as here. The Leica? Leica prices are (usually!) like Gibsons. 100% originality and good condition = high; non-original + poor condition = low. The shutter-curtains on those models were made of rubberised silk and are usually the first things to go. Hard to say without seeing it first-hand but 200,000 is probably about right, too. Ad says Leica III from 1933. If the top speed is 500 then that's correct. FWIW I had a slightly earlier ('31) Leica I which had been converted to the then-current IIIb specs (1/1000th top speed) back in around '35. It looked identical to the one in the ad except mine had a fairly rare "11 o'clock" Elmar as it dated from the very first screw-in lens period (all Leicas pre-'31 had a fixed non-interchangeable 50mm lens). Great little camera. Captured many happy memories with it. Wish I still had it... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I know very little about this whole camera thing but that one looks cool. 24K? I had a hard time parting with $300 for my Nikon 3200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I know very little about this whole camera thing but that one looks cool. 24K? I had a hard time parting with $300 for my Nikon 3200. The price looks (and is) completely bonkers but the 'street price' of even the regular versions of the M-P with 35mm 'cron and 50mm 'lux works out at almost $17k in the UK. I checked. Just in case..................... 40% mark-up for the LK set? Probably not too bad, really (if your as rich as Croesus and have a 'thing' for fake street-cred). Personally just as with my guitars' ageing I prefer my cameras to 'brass-up' by virtue of them being used. By me. Taking pictures. The M8.2 is coming along nicely... The thing about this set ("Only 125 sets worldwide!") which IS sort-of cool is that the lenses, although the latest digital spec ASPH versions, have been made with the late '60s/early '70s style barrels. The snake-skin leather covering is pretty, erm, pretty too. Nice touches. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well, I guess among cameras a Leica once owned and used by the late Henri Cartier-Bresson would be like a '59 Burst Les Paul played by Peter Green or Snowy White. Here's his first one pictured: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well, I guess among cameras a Leica once owned and used by the late Henri Cartier-Bresson would be like a '59 Burst Les Paul played by Peter Green or Snowy White. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I appreciate the title of this thread. well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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