[Leica] Commutative M7

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

This is why Leica is will soon be nothing but a fond memory. Long gone
is the company that produced the workhorse RFs the world's leading
photographers took off to war with them, or traveled with to the far
corners of the world. Instead we have the Hermes subsidiary that
produces batches of 100 cameras for the Porche Club to sell to its
members as commemorative baubles for 50th anniversary car parade's. Good
HCB in heaven! 

And btw - why not have the Franklin Mint produce gold plated Porche
scale models for the Porche club? It is, after all, a car club, not a
camera club.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Bill O'Connell
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 2:22 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Commutative M7


As I mentioned a while back, next year will be the 50th anniversary of
the Porsche Club of America and I had been working on a limited edition
camera for the event.  At first we were going to make it with a 50mm f2
lens but it was later decided that many folks would not be interested in
the lens especially with the current relationship of the dollar to the
Euro so the final version will either be just a body or perhaps a body
with a limited edition silver 50 1.4.  The price with the 50 is almost
double due to manufacturing costs and as such, unless those that have
more knowledge put up a strong case for doing it, it's unlikely to be
done with the lens.

The body will be chrome with the leather embossed to look like carbon
fiber. The top plate will have he 50th anniversary Porsche Parade logo
engraved on it, along with the number of the edition and the limit of
the edition.  It will come in a presentation box with certificates, etc.
Current thought is to produce 100 of them.  Normally about 1,000 to
1,500 people are registered for parades (member and spouse/associate
member, etc) and there are over 50,000 members in the club.  Because
it's the 50th anniversary it is expected that there will be many more
this year.

The cameras will be offered first to the people that register for the
parade to be held in Hershey PA in June of 05, then to the members of
the Porsche Club of America.  The body only version will have a MAP of
$4,200 and the body/lens package is $8,500.

As my first foray into this side of the Leica world, any constructive
input is most welcome.

Should you wish to chat offline use woc2@earthlink.net

Thanks,
Bill


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