Want better pictures... buy this!

[Jamie Pillers]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-M3-black-p...item563ceff49f

[Jamie123]

Never heard of this photographer.

[DNG]

Not Me
It's the photographer..dummy!

[andersju]

Lifted straight from the photographer's website.

[FrankHarries]

so it could be a bulletproof Leica. At least it should be looking at the amount of money you need to spend in order to take it home (or into the next combat-battle)

[Jamie123]

Originally Posted by andersju

Lifted straight from the photographer's website.

I checked his site but come on, is that really what we consider a ''famous photographer''? I'm not trying to know him. He seems to be a professional photographer with a long career but I can't imagine how anyone would pay a lot of money to have his beat up camera.
It's not like Winogrand's camera. Winogrand is a pretty significant photographer in the history of 20th century street photography and I can understand how someone would want his camera as a collector's item.

[Jamie Pillers]

And the camera could, at least, have a piece of shrapnel sticking out of it somewhere and maybe a little blood spatter wouldn't hurt either. :-)

[cnphoto]

beautiful looking camera though.

[NickTrop]

Geez... not even a break on shipping! LOL.

[Steve M.]

I've always wanted better pictures.

[Chris101]

Love the brassing!

Do ya suppose he's selling it cause he went digital?

[ItsReallyDarren]

Originally Posted by Chris101

Love the brassing!

Do ya suppose he's selling it cause he went digital?

your probably right although I wouldn't be surprised if he has a few other leicas in his non digital cabinet.

[aperture64]

Do a search of past threads. His MP is also for sale. They both keep getting relisted.

[bagdadchild]

This very camera sold earlier this year at a Swedish auction for 40000 Swedish crowns + 20% VAT or roughly $5000+$900=$5900

Here is the link to the camera sold at the auction:

http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Obje...1_1952&inO=416


$13200 is more than double the amount the camera just sold for

[bagdadchild]

The Leica MP for $96000 from the same seller sold at the auction for 370.000 Swedish crowns + 20% VAT or $54700

http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Obje...1_1952&inO=404

[sprokitt]

Hmm.. I think I'll pass.
But I do seriously hope my M8 looks like that when I pass pass it on to my son in 30 or so years. I'm sure it will be as 'obsolete' as a 127 Brownie by then, but I hope he'll take it out sometime and take a couple of pictures of his kids.
If that's all I ever accomplish and as famous as I ever get I'll consider myself a resounding success.

[BillBingham2]

Too bad they do not take cash.

They are wonderful people who keep us entertained with great stories.

B2 (;->

[koniczech]

You know he's important when they translate his intro from his Swedish-first-person to English-third-person! Not that anyone would notice... haha

[kshapero]

Originally Posted by Jamie Pillers

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-M3-black-p...item563ceff49f

here is his other one for $96,000!! http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-MP-36-old-type-camera-famous-photogra-/370389546017?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Film_Cameras&hash=ite m563ceff421