Lucena Posted September 9, 2021 Share #21 Posted September 9, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, as I am a user and like to be discreet... and dont make a collection, it is not for me ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Hi Lucena, Take a look here Finally: Leica Q2 "007 Edition" camera!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
fotografr Posted September 9, 2021 Share #22 Posted September 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, andybarton said: I would hazard a guess that the lens caps are not replaceable. They are, but they will cost $1K US 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted September 9, 2021 Share #23 Posted September 9, 2021 Who is running this clown show at Wetzlar? 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 9, 2021 Share #24 Posted September 9, 2021 I have the same reaction as when I saw the 007 Limited Edition Range Rover that's been released. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the Bond films and fondly remember getting the ejector seat Aston Martin and diving Lotus Corgi model cars, but they were firmly aimed at kids which is quite fair and reasonable. I can't quite imaging driving around in a 007 branded limited edition car - I would feel quite silly. Same with the camera. But I guess there are some people who will buy them both (who don't care about looking like a man-child or being the butt of their mates jokes). 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 9, 2021 Share #25 Posted September 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, fotografr said: Who is running this clown show at Wetzlar? If we tell you we have to kill you, aaa haaa haaa haaa haaaaaa!!!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simone_DF Posted September 9, 2021 Share #26 Posted September 9, 2021 The main difference is that James Bond never miss the target, the Q2 has a different track record. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaS2 Posted September 9, 2021 Share #27 Posted September 9, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) If my math is correct, the total incremental income on this for Leica is around $600,000. That’s hardly enough to cover the marketing cost. I suspect over 50 have been allocated as gifts to people involved with the movie, with the expense covered by the other 200. Until reading these posts, I overlooked the dark green leather color which is very nice. I wish I were involved with the movie so I could be gifted one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted September 9, 2021 Share #28 Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, andybarton said: How big is that? Camera size or "useful" size? It should fit snuggly into your shoulder holster. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted September 9, 2021 Share #29 Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, LUF Admin said: A leather case is part of the package: 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! Oh, well in that case ... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 9, 2021 Share #30 Posted September 9, 2021 I can't help imagine that case includes accessories like X ray specs, invisible ink and pen that fires little pellets. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted September 9, 2021 Share #31 Posted September 9, 2021 17 minutes ago, LeicaS2 said: If my math is correct, the total incremental income on this for Leica is around $600,000. That’s hardly enough to cover the marketing cost. Actually, the full retail take would be just under $2 million. I don't know what share goes to Leica, but it's probably around 60 - 70 percent of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffry Abt Posted September 9, 2021 Share #32 Posted September 9, 2021 The leather case is cool! Love the color…I will never buy the 007 camera but I like it none more the less. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark II Posted September 9, 2021 Share #33 Posted September 9, 2021 3 hours ago, andybarton said: It's just insane, but I am sure that all of them either will be or already have been sold. I still do not really understand what this market is. As a collector's item, any digital camera will eventually die as batteries and components age and fail even without use. It does not seem like a good long term investment. And as a photographic tool, I want a completely anonymous plain camera, not something branded with a film franchise that has little to nothing to connect it to photography. Still, I guess that the bizarre intersection of people who are wealthy-enough, photography-nuts and James Bond fanatics is probably enough to sell 250 cameras. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted September 9, 2021 Share #34 Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Mark II said: I still do not really understand what this market is. It's for people who want to own one. They won't be used - what's the point? If you want to use a Q2, why pay such a premium? They are for people who buy watches or bottles of scotch and who never have any intention of taking them out of the box. There are people who buy Leica cameras and never even take the grey card slip off the box. There are collectors of factory sealed boxes that might or might not contain what is written on the box. Schrodinger's cameras. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 9, 2021 Share #35 Posted September 9, 2021 The Globe Trotter bag costs £2,000. Shoot me now … 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted September 9, 2021 Share #36 Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, earleygallery said: I have the same reaction as when I saw the 007 Limited Edition Range Rover that's been released. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the Bond films and fondly remember getting the ejector seat Aston Martin and diving Lotus Corgi model cars, but they were firmly aimed at kids which is quite fair and reasonable. I can't quite imaging driving around in a 007 branded limited edition car - I would feel quite silly. Same with the camera. But I guess there are some people who will buy them both (who don't care about looking like a man-child or being the butt of their mates jokes). I'm not sure about kids - the villain which could be shot out of the roof of the 60s Aston was probably the most losable toy ever. Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted September 9, 2021 Share #37 Posted September 9, 2021 Plenty of people buy 007 Omega watches. I’ve never understood that either. James Bond doesn’t wear his own branded one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted September 9, 2021 Share #38 Posted September 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, StS said: I'm not sure about kids - the villain which could be shot out of the roof of the 60s Aston was probably the most losable toy ever. Stefan I had an original Batmobile toy when I was a kid. It had little orange plastic projectiles that came out of exhausts on the roof somehow. Within a week, we had to shoot matches out. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted September 9, 2021 Share #39 Posted September 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, andybarton said: I had an original Batmobile toy when I was a kid. It had little orange plastic projectiles that came out of exhausts on the roof somehow. Within a week, we had to shoot matches out. I remember a few tearful forays into the bag of my mother's pink "Constellation" Hoover (the floating spherical one in the Design Museum) trying in vain to retrieve small projectiles from Dinky toys - or wheels/bits of Lego. I think everything of mine was reduced to shooting either Swan Vestas or a small rectangle of Lego (the Aston "bad-guy" in my house)...😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T25UFO Posted September 9, 2021 Share #40 Posted September 9, 2021 41 minutes ago, IkarusJohn said: The Globe Trotter bag costs £2,000. Shoot me now … BANG . . . looks like a version of the attache case which (only!) costs £1,350. How much did the previous pink and navy blue Q + Globe Trotter case cost? Probably a similar premium and just as naff. I mean, why buy a compact camera with a HUGE case? Every time Leica produces a silly limited edition, we all say: "Ah, but it's good for the bottom line because it all goes to subsidise the great products we really want to buy." This silly camera falls into the same category, but you can't measure cost benefit just by sales revenue. The internet is already awash with articles about this camera - lots of free advertising that will reach people who probably wouldn't know the Leica brand. That's the real cost benefit, but I still think it's a truly naff product! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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