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On 5/3/2025 at 1:50 AM, Al Brown said:

I booked my Safari trip! My plane ✈️ leaves on May 8th (Thursday) at 15:00 CET.

I can advise that I have checked your departure date with a reliable source who confirmed it. Looks like your trip will be everything you expect. 

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32 minutes ago, Kiwimac said:

If the Safari does appear, what’s the betting like on brass or aluminium under the paint?

 

 Asking for a friend. 

It's brass.. I've mentioned it before here a few posts back.

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12 hours ago, rxj said:

Coming in the next few days.

Time to start a M11-P Safari thread?

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You pull me back again from the M11GBP track. So hard to make the final call on which one.

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21 hours ago, rxj said:

It's brass.. I've mentioned it before here a few posts back.

Excellent. Thanks. 
 

Found this photo on Leica Rumours this morning!

 

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3 hours ago, Kiwimac said:

Excellent. Thanks. 
 

Found this photo on Leica Rumours this morning!

 

 

Yup I also purposefully cropped it as that's not the full photo. I have a collection of 10 photos of the release.

Wanted to see if someone would repost it as the full photo shows the whole leica strap, brown leather jacket and couch.

But yea purposefully cropped it knowing someone would post it. A user called "bravnicar" took this photo, posted it on reddit as their own (this exact crop) likely for reddit karma points and upvotes.

Shortly after Leica Rumors posted this exact crop (again not the original pic) to their site as their own, assumedly taken from the reddit post.

Lovely :)

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No names, no pack drill but I have confirmation from a reliable source that the camera is real and Thursday might well be a good day to stay home from work. Unless you work in a Leica store. &nbsp
 

Edit - for those of us Downunder, Friday morning. 

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On 4/26/2025 at 8:06 PM, jaapv said:

I remember quite a while ago - at Lake Kariba a small 4 tents camp. Quite informal washed-once-too-often cargo shorts and disreputable T shirt type.  
There was a minuscule dining tent and when we walked in, behind the small table and lit up by one lantern, side by side and facing me,  were sitting a honeymoon couple from London with the Harrods labels still on their formal “ Safari Suits.”, and yes, wearing pith helmets. I had to pretend an attack of Gyppy Tummy to cover up my mirth…

there is only one safari uniform

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On 4/26/2025 at 9:06 PM, jaapv said:

Not my safaris - 500 mm minimum focal length and leave the Texans to their Botswana nirvanas & safari suits. Those are zoos in the bush. A luxury camp is one that has a genuine flushing toilet. What idiot would pay 5000$ a person a day to keep up with the Joneses? Of course, his and hers satellite phones are provided, with a uniformed flunky to carry them.  Chasing wildlife is highly unethical and can result in a guide being fired. You are there to observe with as little disturbance as possible. 

I remember quite a while ago - at Lake Kariba a small 4 tents camp. Quite informal washed-once-too-often cargo shorts and disreputable T shirt type.  
There was a minuscule dining tent and when we walked in, behind the small table and lit up by one lantern, side by side and facing me,  were sitting a honeymoon couple from London with the Harrods labels still on their formal “ Safari Suits.”, and yes, wearing pith helmets. I had to pretend an attack of Gyppy Tummy to cover up my mirth…

Pith helmets are fun, aren’t they ? I often wear a smoking cap when smoking a good cigar … sometimes these old fashioned ways make our life a touch different. 
 

like a green safari M Leica ! 😀

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I once knew a Safari guide who used to take the brand new Tilly hat off a newbie Safari guest, drive his Landrover over it a few times and return it with the words “ now you are allowed on my vehicle.”  True story. 

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On 5/9/2025 at 1:05 AM, jaapv said:

I once knew a Safari guide who used to take the brand new Tilly hat off a newbie Safari guest, drive his Landrover over it a few times and return it with the words “ now you are allowed on my vehicle.”  True story. 

I’ve got one of the original cotton duck ones that must be at least 30 years old now. Aside from the brass eyelets which have a very worn colour, the hat still looks pretty new!

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Rogue Breezy for me. My twenty years old one fell to pieces last year. 
 

 

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13.04.2025 в 08:21, robb сказал:

У меня был такой фонарик, когда я служил в армии в 1980-х. Тогда не было камер. Но остались замечательные воспоминания.

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Я начал печататься в газетах с 1977-го. Когда меня забрали в армию (в 1980-го), старший лейтенант прижил нас, вновь прибывших, и спросил, есть ли среди нас фотокорреспондентов. Демобилизовался фотокорреспондент "Красной Звезды" по Забайкальскому Военному Округу, и нужна была замена. Это было как убийство двух зайцев. Это было как в ЦСКА «Спартак».

Но я не вышел из строя. Я пошёл свою Родину антивирусную, а не приспосабливаться поуютнее, как все остальные, как татары например. И всё. Я просто промолчал. Я тогда был максималистом. Да и сейчас я максималист. Поэтому я ушёл из этой страны. Я очень долго, очень плохо уходил из России, но в итоге я ушел. И ушёл... никуда. Меня никуда до сих пор не взяли. Мне отказали в офисе в 27 странах. Но я не жалуюсь, я не скулю. Я просто понял, что принципы - это самая дорогая вещь на Свете. Дороже Свободы. Впрочем, как разобрать/собрать автомат Калашникова я ещё не забыл, я делал это за 14 секунд. И я стрелял неплохо, 2-е место в полку занял на съемках. Начальник Штаба наградил меня личным бронзовым знаком "Гвардия" с закруткой.

Но в Пост-СССР не нужны были такие, как я. Там нужны...другие. Поэтому эти шакалы, оккупировавшие власть, завозят среднеазиатов миллионами. А своих выгоняют. Эта падаль Путин выгоняет. Вот так!

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