rdash Posted November 12, 2014 Share #21 Posted November 12, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Try boating! When I was a lot younger it was described as ripping up £5 notes under a cold shower. Now I realise that it's a myth: think of it a a hole in the water which one attempts to fill with money. I get a lot more use from a Leica, but even so the 60th. job has a heck of price tag. Regards Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 Hi rdash, Take a look here The M Edition 60 camera and jealousy. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
viramati Posted November 12, 2014 Share #22 Posted November 12, 2014 Boating! I thought it was £50 notes not £5;) At least that's they way it seemed to me when I owned one. As they say 'The best days of owning a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted November 12, 2014 Share #23 Posted November 12, 2014 The video has certainly cleared up one thing for me: it was hard for me to understand the appeal of a digital camera without a LCD but from the video, since the white-gloved stranger is a left eyed shooter, it is obvious that Leica omitted the LCD to avoid nose-smudges on the screen. Sheer genius. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted November 12, 2014 Share #24 Posted November 12, 2014 It's easily forgot when considering the price tag of this edition that, at £12,000, it isn't actually that much more expensive than buying a new M-P and 35 Summilux. I suppose most of us only ever buy a camera body or a lens on any particular occasion so the aggregate cost gets lost a little but if you pop into a dealer today to buy the M-P/Summilux combination you'll still be paying the thick end of £9,000. A far cry from the £3,000 or so I paid for a new M7 and 35 Summilux (then both the current flagship products) about 10 years or so ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted November 12, 2014 Share #25 Posted November 12, 2014 The video has certainly cleared up one thing for me: it was hard for me to understand the appeal of a digital camera without a LCD but from the video, since the white-gloved stranger is a left eyed shooter, it is obvious that Leica omitted the LCD to avoid nose-smudges on the screen. Sheer genius. Pete. Nah, because sooner or later people will realize that for a quarter of the cost you could have your nose removed and still breathe through your mouth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted November 12, 2014 Share #26 Posted November 12, 2014 Nah, because sooner or later people will realize that for a quarter of the cost you could have your nose removed and still breathe through your mouth. Wouldn't it leave a slightly unsightly hole in the middle of the face that might attract flies and small woodland creatures? Sneezing might become hazardous (to others) too. And how would one keep one's spectacles in place? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted November 12, 2014 Share #27 Posted November 12, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) And how would one keep one's spectacles in place? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted November 12, 2014 Share #28 Posted November 12, 2014 Wouldn't it leave a slightly unsightly hole in the middle of the face that might attract flies and small woodland creatures? Sneezing might become hazardous (to others) too. Loose skin from cheeks pulled over the opening and sewn together. As a bonus it'd take 10 years off your looks. And how would one keep one's spectacles in place? Hmm, well, glasses wearers would need to spend another couple thou for Lasik. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted November 12, 2014 Share #29 Posted November 12, 2014 If Leica makes money selling special editions to well endowed people that's great, why not. Maybe they can even be test beds for new features like LED frame-lines which I love. Its not like others don't do it: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/236876-the-m-edition-60-camera-and-jealousy/?do=findComment&comment=2705307'>More sharing options...
likalar Posted November 12, 2014 Share #30 Posted November 12, 2014 Nice looking camera, but I wonder if a screen could be fitted? Here's some other nice Leica goods that I've never seen. Smart company, and they wouldn't build these items if there was no market for them. You searched for leica - Luxurylaunches Larry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsheepdog Posted November 12, 2014 Share #31 Posted November 12, 2014 Try boating! When I was a lot younger it was described as ripping up £5 notes under a cold shower. Now I realise that it's a myth: think of it a a hole in the water which one attempts to fill with money. I get a lot more use from a Leica, but even so the 60th. job has a heck of price tag.Regards Robert Not so! My wife and I, and the dog, live on a boat. Even quite a good one, like ours, costs far less than a house, and with the money saved, I can afford my M's, although the one in question would be a bit of a stretch. Making collectibles for collectors does seem a little like the tiny counties that used to (and maybe still do) print glossy postage stamps for the bulk philatelic market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo63 Posted November 13, 2014 Share #32 Posted November 13, 2014 And how would one keep one's spectacles in place? Pete. aren't you a photographer ? you should know that the correct answer to anything that needs holding down, is Gaffa Tape ! (or cable ties) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica1215 Posted November 17, 2014 Share #33 Posted November 17, 2014 The M60 is made for people in the digital era to experience the old time film like shooting experience. In my two cents it is a toy for the rich and in a way for Leica to bring present something different way to enjoy the shooting experience. It is simply a toy because it doesn't make any differences compare to the new M-P. For people like me, using the M-P, who can actually making M-P or their 240 into M60. Just simply don't use the screen on the back of your cam, but indeed your 240 or M-P do better job in a way you have the extra screen on the back you can have a look anytime you want it to. Isn't it a nice add on ? Other than above point, I really don't see the M60 bring anything else to the table besides take screen out of your 240, or the M-P. Can you take better pictures with M60? In the digital time if people don't like the video option or the screen on the back you can simply go back to film camera why bother with digital ? If you admitted the convenience of digital or having better result the digital brings to you then what you care the extra screen then??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted November 17, 2014 Share #34 Posted November 17, 2014 With respect to using the M-P's screen as though it was an M60 and not viewing pictures you've taken, I'll quote Oscar Wilde: "I can resist anything except temptation." Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted November 18, 2014 Share #35 Posted November 18, 2014 If you admitted the convenience of digital or having better result the digital brings to you then what you care the extra screen then??? Maybe you might like the ergonomic benefits of the smoother, simpler camera back – a camera without all the buttons and various protrusions? Given the choice of an M240 or M60 at the same price, I know I'd rather buy the M60. As things stand I've chosen not to buy either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share #36 Posted November 18, 2014 Maybe you might like the ergonomic benefits of the smoother, simpler camera back – a camera without all the buttons and various protrusions? Given the choice of an M240 or M60 at the same price, I know I'd rather buy the M60. As things stand I've chosen not to buy either. The only real issue I have had with the M240 back layout is that when I shoot in portrait/vertical orientation, my glasses frames sometimes activate the live view button. I would have rather had the live view button put on the top plate, underneath the "M" button and a bit to its right, using the same type 6mm chrome button as the "M" mode. Alas, the M240 design team in Solms failed to consult me during the design process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted November 18, 2014 Share #37 Posted November 18, 2014 Shooting With Leica's Nutty No-Screen Camera Is Half Joy, Half Fantasy | Gizmodo Australia Gordon (Well, the images certainly prove a point about results vs. equipment.) As an aesthetic object it's absolutely gorgeous. Maybe it would be cheaper if it wasn't so tall... Buy two! s-a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted November 18, 2014 Share #38 Posted November 18, 2014 The only real issue I have had with the M240 back layout is that when I shoot in portrait/vertical orientation, my glasses frames sometimes activate the live view button... Did you try to disable the live view button? Just curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted November 18, 2014 Share #39 Posted November 18, 2014 Totally agree with colonel in #29. The OP and the referred site seem to come new to the Leica history. It has always been so that Leica comes up with exorbitant high priced 'Sondermodelle' in small quantities. It's part of their PR and I'm not an economist but it seems to be part of the market-game. I rationally cannot understand it just as I cannot understand the amounts of money put into dayly TV-commercials, which Leica does not participate in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bideford Posted November 18, 2014 Share #40 Posted November 18, 2014 As someone that is lucky enough to use both an M and an M6 I can actually see why a digital M with the raw (forgive the pun) functionality of the M6 (no screen and menu options) would be attractive. It would have to be cheaper than the current M but given that the model would probably only appeal to film (ex or otherwise) users I doubt that sales would permit reduced pricing as development and retooling of the production line would need to be recouped. Likely the cost of any possible mass market M60 would come at a 20% premium on the current M. Most single Leica digital owners (and I refer to ownership, not the result of losing marital status due to Leica purchases) would then probably purchase the new M with a screen and associated additional functionality. Shame really. I know I think more when using film. Although this is probably more to do with 24/26 exposures and cost/development than instant preview. Digital users without and LCD would probably take even more shots to ensure they captured "all the moments". James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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