Leica announce a special Limited Edition M-HCB in honour of the 100th Anniversary

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Leica Camera have announced a Limited Edition version of their Monochrom M camera, the M-HCB, named after the famous Leica user Henri Cartier Bresson.

 

The camera will come in a set complete with a 50mm Summicron, leather case and a Trilby hat, similar to the one worn by Cartier Bresson when he worked the streets with his Leica M3. The hat will be available in one size fits all and will carry a unique Leica ‘M-HCB’ label.

 

The camera will feature a special distressed chrome finish. Each piece will be unique and prematurely aged to look like it has had 100 years of use. The top and bottom plates will bear unique marks, scratches and dents, as well as ‘brassing’ to show the underlying brass metal in places. The Summicron lens will also have the aged treatment, although the optics will be unmarked.

 

Available to order through Leica Boutique stores now, priced €22,987 + taxes (or local equivalent).

[stunsworth]

Presumably it will have sold out in the next 40 minutes.

[stuny]

Thank you James. This is the first 1 April joke I've seen and it's rather amusing.

[wattsy]

Yes, not bad but the giveaway is that it sounds rather too plausible.

[Paul J]

I heard it comes with clip on HCB-EVF/goggles that predict a decisive moment via a patented intra-spacial bio-kinetic algorithm, a 2 million pound book deal and your own sub forum designated for indoctrination of every word you say.