My kind of digital cameras!

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Just saw they have a whole series of 1:3 (digital) replicas: Leica M3, Leica If, Contax I, Leica IIIf and Hasselblad SWC!

All really nice, but as I said, I'd prefer 1:1 replicas.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

This will do the job nicely

 

[The Wingnut]

Not at $5,500, it won't!

 

[Twitch]

While I have my reservations whether such a niche market can justify their continued manufacture, I suppose time and sales will tell. [huh]

 

[strangerous]

Used to be you could get horribly made but good-looking Russian counterfeit Leicas on eBay. Some steampunker could probably wire one up with digi-guts pretty effectively.

my current project.
i collect vintage cameras (and use them too!) the hard part is getting the digital camera for the guts! i keep finding more old/manual camera stuff that i need/want and suddenly i'm broke again...

 

[Lefty]

The fact that these had a major defect, requiring Leica to give out filters to fix the magenta cast in black tones, really hurt their reputation - and their first attempt at getting a digital M to the market. It's also not a full frame sensor.

The people who own them seem to be happy, but for the money, my first serious digital is the Nikon D80. If I want to spend more for a full frame, I'll move up to a D300 for $2k. Of course, I'll keep shooting film with my M7.

This will do the job nicely

 

[Two Gun Bob]

The D300 isn't full frame. It is however a much better camera than the D80 (which itself is very good for the money).

I use a D200 and D70 for most of my serious digital work. When I am in 1940s mode I mostly use one of these:

The fact that these had a major defect, requiring Leica to give out filters to fix the magenta cast in black tones, really hurt their reputation - and their first attempt at getting a digital M to the market. It's also not a full frame sensor.

The people who own them seem to be happy, but for the money, my first serious digital is the Nikon D80. If I want to spend more for a full frame, I'll move up to a D300 for $2k. Of course, I'll keep shooting film with my M7.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I bought one of those mini Leica cameras and I would not recommend it. It's really just a toy that takes marginal "high res" photos. I bought it on Ebay last year, owned it for one day, then sold it on Ebay for what I paid.

 

[missjo]

Why oh why are they soo small?
I would love a leica 1:1 digital camera that looked prewar...

Till then I'll just use original 1920s and 1930s cameras, they are very cheap and the result not bad;
http://flickr.com/photos/hab3045/sets/72157600018479409/

 

[Feraud]

Why oh why are they soo small?
I would love a leica 1:1 digital camera that looked prewar...

Till then I'll just use original 1920s and 1930s cameras, they are very cheap and the result not bad;
http://flickr.com/photos/hab3045/sets/72157600018479409/

Your results are excellent and you have no need for a digital camera! :eusa_clap

 

[StraightEight]

Till then I'll just use original 1920s and 1930s cameras, they are very cheap and the result not bad;

Missjoeri, please tell us what camera(s) you shot those photos with. Thanks.

 

[missjo]

Missjoeri, please tell us what camera(s) you shot those photos with. Thanks.

Most of those photos were made with a selection of cheap, beaten up box cameras, zeiss Ikon, kodak brownie, etc.
I never paid more then 10 euros for them.
After a while they fall apart and I move on to a new one.
Recently I was given two cameras, the last photos in the collection were made with the camera on the right;
http://flickr.com/photos/hab3045/2237827674/