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looks nice

https://en.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-Q/Leica-Q2-Daniel-Craig-x-Greg-Williams

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indeed. ...the gilden russian versions of the M look better (not)

a lens cap with a lens blades graphics ( reminiscent of the  007 movies introducion clips), a worn-out paint job scheme with an engraviing on top, somewhat 🌽 " licensed to shot on sight" ( license to kill might be too much off-pc to sensible guts), then it might have been convincing....

sad Leica.,.. very sad.....

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People certainly have different sensibilities.  I am sure collectors would love it, and it might go up in value.

The special edition Q-P makes functional sense.  So sure.

This type of special edition stuff always make me feel self conscious.  Bought a Omega 007 watch a while back.  Regretted it right away.  Never worn the thing because didn't want to look like a fanboy and the 007 logo on the dial just looks tacky.  Good thing this Q2 is subtle, but certainly do NOT want to have conversation with a curious friend, "what do these two guys have to do with your camera".  Hard to answer it without sounding like a fanboy or snob.

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3 hours ago, Le Chef said:

If it doesn’t sell they will rename it The John Player Special and it will come with a free Colin Chapman black corduroy cap....

I think the only Lotus 007 ever drove was the "submarine" S1 Esprit - maybe they muddled the photos with the S2 JPS edition...?

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7 minutes ago, NigelG said:

I think the only Lotus 007 ever drove was the "submarine" S1 Esprit - maybe they muddled the photos with the S2 JPS edition...?

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hmmm....I had in mind Emerson Fittipaldi's F1

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The S2 JPS was a “World Champions” commemorative special edition (much like the Q2) but only 300 proposed (actual built numbers vary...)

Sorry - drifted over from the “Name that car” thread 🙄

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Love my Q2 and would definitely consider trading it for this one! And shooting the hell out of it of course, there is no point in stuff sitting on the shelve for me personally :)

 

Black/Gold is a very nice combo and i absolutely dig it on the older M cameras where the brass shines through on the edges...but that's also the main downside for me here. It's mainly just the gold writing and logo in this special edition. Problem is that i would love to have the gold only on the edges/lines of the camera...I think gold font on plastic buttons always looks a little cheap, that's why i would have preferred to have only gold accent lines on the edges like on a old M...pretty sure they had a version like this when they designed this special edition but i don't know why they opt'ed for this one...

Still I would love to see it in person to get a better picture of it...also happened to watch casino royale yesterday so that's a sign :D

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Every Leica special edition release provokes similar comment: those who think it's awful and diminishes the brand, and those who tolerate because it helps Leica make money.  

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.  

Personally, I've never been keen on any special edition, with the possible exception of the Monochrom Stealth.  I thought that look nice, but still wouldn't buy it.

However, if you forget the 007 connection and just look at it as a design exercise, would you be as critical?  If you could remove the gold Leica logo on the front, it might look better.  It's certainly a lot better than those colourful blue and pink models that came with a huge similarly coloured metal case.  Now that really was crass!

 

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vor 16 Stunden schrieb nwphil:

hmmm....I had in mind Emerson Fittipaldi's F1

 

This one fits perfect to the "Bond"-Edition of the Q2. 

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1 minute ago, Ingo said:

This one fits perfect to the "Bond"-Edition of the Q2. 

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nice!!! looking at the Q2 007 it would been better if indeed Lotus had sponsored it - at least one I would understand the golden accents

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