Oh good. A special edition Leica M9. As opposed to those pedestrian M9's. ;-)
My problem here is that if I could afford the M9 I'd spend a bit more and get the 645D. (I'm taking the pedestrian M9 here.) There are too many ways to use Leica optics on other bodies and although the camera is beautiful I've not heard that it is extraordinary performance wise. It's a good trend though. Camera makers are starting to be concerned about appearance, which is fine since it can usually be done with no compromise elsewhere. Oddly, Pentax is part of this trend with the colored DSLRs, although they are definitely chasing a different demographic. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:42 AM, Anthony Farr <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 September 2010 01:38, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my pants. >> > > This would be the camera of my wet dreams: > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092116leicam9titanium.asp > > Alas, I fear it will never be within my reach. But, price be > buggered, I'm glad that somebody still cares about making cameras > sexy. The last camera to similarly floor me with its looks was the > original Contax RTS way back in the 1970s, IIRC a Porsche design. > This Leica was styled by the chief designer at VW, for a very slight > family connection. > > The last ~really~ sexy Pentax was the LX2000, although the MZ-S wasn't > bad looking. > > Most DSLRs look lumpy and brutish to my eyes. > > regards, Anthony > > "Of what use is lens and light > to those who lack in mind and sight" > (Anon) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
