Leica M7 "50 Year M" System with SUMMILUX-M 1:1.4/50mm ASPH Special Edition Set in Titanium
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Customer Review: Extravagant Leica Collectible With Little Potential as a Collectible Investment
Summary: 2 Stars
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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