Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin, The nicest special I have seen like that, was a couple of M4-P's that I saw in Paris in 1983. The owner had bought a Yves St Laurent leather jacket (or had it made by YSL, he certainly had a/the money and b/the style to do it). He had acquired a couple of pieces of matching dark green leather, probably from the same cow too, and had his M4-P's redone in that material. Normally I do not like the special editions but this one had class! When I feel the urge for these limited editions I make them myself — more fun and definitely 'mine." At the moment they are limited to a hammer tone grey M2 with matching Rapidwinder and I am having a M3 redone in green, with matching leather and another in grey/blue with matching leather and Rapidwinders (and Softreleases too)! Of course there is the infamous 'purple haze" M4 with silver leather that I loaned to Hove Camera in England some time ago. Brilliant purple powder coated top and Rapidwinder and nice silver leather with a slight purple tinge to it! Tom A