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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You have to hold it and use it to know.....,
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This review is from: Leica M7 "50 Year M" System with SUMMILUX-M 1:1.4/50mm ASPH Special Edition Set in Titanium (Electronics)
...how incredibly fantastic this is. To the purist, a Leica is to use and to consume, yet it is nearly impervious to use/abuse compared to other quality cameras - in fact, it only gets better with the loving care of the photographer. This camera is a wonderful experience. The leather is so refined and fresh, while the smooth texture of the titanium body is so beautiful that you are drawn to caress it and you can't imagine NOT using it. You want to play with it, shot with it, make it a part of you.The quality feel of a Leica is already a pleasure, this body makes it much more so. It feels solid and accomplished. I love it. Yes, it is expensive. Leicas are expensive - for a reason. Maybe this is an indulgence, but you only indulge in a Leica because you want the best and this is best of breed - reassuringly. I love mine and use mine. I can "wax lyrical" endlessly about it. It is fantastic.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Extravagant Leica Collectible With Little Potential as a Collectible Investment,
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This review is from: Leica M7 "50 Year M" System with SUMMILUX-M 1:1.4/50mm ASPH Special Edition Set in Titanium (Electronics)
Leica has followed in the heels of its lavish, unpopular Hermes edition Leica MP by releasing yet another extravagant collectible aimed solely at wealthy collectors who lust after a rangefinder camera and lens made predominantly of titanium. This Leica M7 camera body is the first to be called truly a titanium M camera, since its top and bottom plates are made entirely of this precious metal. Although I am a fan of Leica M rangefinder cameras and their superlative M-mount lenses, I think Leica is making yet another mistake by introducing an expensive, limited edition collectible when it should try to listen to long-time users who want it to produce its high quality equipment without substantial price increases nearly every fiscal quarter! For the price you pay for this system, you can buy a brand new Leica M7 starter kit with 50mm Summicron lens, a 35mm ASPH Summicron lens, and a 28mm f2 ASPH Summicron lens, and still have the pleasure of using a Leica. Or, if you prefer, you can acquire a brand new Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera (built in Japan by Cosina under strict Zeiss supervision, with its specifications designed by Zeiss, not Cosina), a 50mm ZM f2 Planar lens, a 28mm ZM f2.8 Biogon lens, a 25mm ZM f2.8 Biogon lens, a 21mm ZM f2.8 Biogon lens, and a brand Leica M7 - all with USA warranties - and still save more than nine hundred dollars in lieu of purchasing this expensive Leica M kit (Incidentally, the Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera has the brightest viewfinder I have seen in a M mount rangefinder camera since the venerable Leica M3, and the Zeiss lenses I've cited - built in Japan by Cosina too under stringent Zeiss quality control - cost more than half of their Leica M equivalents, and are, in most instances, optically superior.). Originally priced at $10,000, this Leica M special edition set has lost its appeal with potential collectors; I would advise not purchasing it unless you obtained a very good deal at a price far lower than what it is currently advertised.
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