Apple designer Jony Ive's custom charity Leica rangefinder revealed

[Rienzphotoz]

Well. I've been an Apple fan since the Mac Plus, but I've drained pasta in better-looking hardware than that Leica.

Can you please post an image of your pasta drainer/colander that looks better than that Leica

Here are several hundred that look better:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=colander&client=firefox-a&hs=5pI&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pvBXUoj3NsrB0QXms4Aw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1705&bih=1222&dpr=1

Naaaah, my toilet looks better than all those colanders. Jony Ive created a beautiful design for that Leica.

 

[CharlieB]

I own three Leica Ms. Sorry, that thing looks like a Leica crossed with an enema nozzle.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Sorry, that thing looks like a Leica crossed with an enema nozzle.

A rectangular enema nozzle in the rectal passage ... most intriguing and disturbing observation ... I sincerely hope you aren't speaking from personal experience ;D

 

[Badger]

I'm sure he did this as a favor to Bono for his Product Red (http://www.red.org/en/) charity. I'm not sure where I read this, but Ive thinks the camera might fetch...$6million! As I said, this thing will never be used and will end up in a museum for design. Truth be told, it is probably not the most ergonomic camera around but the people who will be bidding on this care nothing about photography.

By the way, is seems there will be several products auctioned off. Here is a desk machined out of a solid piece of aluminum. http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2013/10/10/red-desk-by-jony-ive-marc-newson-done.php

 

[Rienzphotoz]

As I said, this thing will never be used and will end up in a museum for design. Truth be told, it is probably not the most ergonomic camera around but the people who will be bidding on this care nothing about photography.

+1

 

[CharlieB]

Sorry, that thing looks like a Leica crossed with an enema nozzle.

A rectangular enema nozzle in the rectal passage ... most intriguing and disturbing observation ... I sincerely hope you aren't speaking from personal experience ;D

My dear man, "crossed with" not "into". It retains the properties of both.

However, I retract my statement, and say that instead it needs a charging cradle and a little stiff cleaning brush. Looks more like a first gen rechargable electric shaver (ca. 1974) to me.

Either way, its bfu for a Leica, which is in and of itself, a piece of elgance. Don't think there's much more elegant in camradom than an M3 with a 50 Summilux on it.

 

[ihendy]

I don't see a hot shoe?! I guess Jony decided photog's don't need flashes just like we didn't need cd drives on our Retina mac books.

 

[dryanparker]

Ok so my $250k estimate might be a few factors low...

Why not make this with a Summilux or Noctilux? I agree it'll never really be used, but may as well go big, no?

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Sorry, that thing looks like a Leica crossed with an enema nozzle.

A rectangular enema nozzle in the rectal passage ... most intriguing and disturbing observation ... I sincerely hope you aren't speaking from personal experience ;D

My dear man, "crossed with" not "into". It retains the properties of both.

;D ;D ;D ... still intrigued ... Peace.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

I don't see a hot shoe?! I guess Jony decided photog's don't need flashes just like we didn't need cd drives on our Retina mac books.

Recently sold my MBP that had a CD drive (which I never used) in favor of the MBP with Retina & SSD ... don't miss the CD drive at all.

 

[Zv]

I don't see a hot shoe?! I guess Jony decided photog's don't need flashes just like we didn't need cd drives on our Retina mac books.

Recently sold my MBP that had a CD drive (which I never used) in favor of the MBP with Retina & SSD ... don't miss the CD drive at all.

I agree, the CD drive is dead. Anything that can be done via CD is easily downloadable. Music? Forget about it. When was the last time anyone burnt a CD? My iPhone stores more music than all of my CD collection combined.

Maybe watching DVDs and Blue rays is a reason to still have it. Then again theres Netflix ...

Storage? Ummm no, HDD and SSD have that covered now. And theres online storage available.

 

[Badger]

Guess who has the last laugh? Sir Johnny Ive!
Sold for $1.8 million!

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Guess who has the last laugh? Sir Johnny Ive!
Sold for $1.8 million!

Cool!
How about 1% of the proceeds to the needy, like me, coz I'm in need of EF 200-400 L IS ;D

 

[wickidwombat]

pfft no weather sealing :-*