Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here is something truly ridiculous from Leica (on Facebook). The ridiculous part is in the last paragraph--as if anyone actually buys this to use it...If I were rich, I would buy one as a gift for Tina, but on the condition that she scoff it within the first 10 minutes of ownership :-) Nathan Each year, for the past 84 years, Neiman Marcus publishes ?The Christmas Book? with their best gifts for the holidays. They even have a section dedicated to the most decadent gifts of them all entitled ?Fantasy Gifts.? This year's fantasy gifts include items that go *vroom* (the 2011 Neiman Marcus Edition Camaro Convertible), *clink* (a Dale Chihuly pool installation) and our personal favorite *click*. That click is the Leica M9 Neiman Marcus Edition of which there are only 50 pieces available. So what makes this edition of the M9 so special? The rugged Leica M body and matching Summicron-M 35mm f2.0 ASPH lens are finished in silver chrome, and the body is covered in luxurious brown ostrich leather trim with a matching ostrich leather strap. It is the world?s smallest digital rangefinder camera with a full-frame 18 mega-pixel sensor and interchangeable lenses to capture ultra-high resolution images. The high-resolution 2.5-inch LCD screen is protected by sapphire cover glass. Each body is numbered and your gift can be personalized with an engraved signature. A full suite of Adobe? Photoshop? Lightroom? 3 digital editing software, a personal letter from Leica CEO Alfred Schopf and certificate of authenticity, are included. The Leica M9 Neiman Marcus Edition can be personally delivered by a Leica photography expert, which would also include a private training and orientation session to introduce new photographers to the full Leica experience (only available in the continental US). So if you haven't written your letter to Santa yet, just send him The Christmas Book from Neiman Marcus and earmark page 43! Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA