Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, C. Fitzgerald wrote: > > This was a tongue-in-cheek suggestion, wasn't it? --Colleen > > >It was once suggested to E. Leitz GMbH that they produce special > >Leica cameras for collectors. Since the boxes with Leicas inside would > >be worth much more SEALED than if opened, the Leicas would just be > >shells without any working parts inside. To prove the cameras were > >in the box, it was proposed that an x-ray photo of the interior be > >handed to the purchaser. This would be a profit center. The question > >is: Have they begun to produce this camera? And if not, do you think > >they will in the furture? Ed Meyers > > > It does look like tongue-in-cheek, however, the person who suggested it to Leitz (a former Leitz worker) was serious. Actually, I left out the part where he also suggested that they make a solid gold camera. It might be cheaper than making a real camera with a gold case, for collectors. Now I don't agree totally with him, but it certainly makes you think about it. Cameras are for making photographs. The Leica and the Rolleiflex revolutionized photojournalism and photography in general, by being excellent picture-making machines, and they are still excellent picture-making machines--even my 1934 Leica III and my 1936 Rolleiflex. Ed Meyers