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Leica Sells for $2.8 million.
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<blockquote data-quote="Phillydog1958" data-source="post: 56722" data-attributes="member: 8704"><p><strong>This $2.8 million Leica is the world’s most expensive camera</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">By </span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/author/tecca/" target="_blank">Tecca</a></span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"> | </span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/" target="_blank">Today in Tech</a></span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"> – </span><span style="font-family: 'arial'">16 hrs ag</span>o<strong></strong>, Sourced --Yahoo.com</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W0cLeGUU38aKAuZ_3JqMww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/technews/fva-630-leica-1923-series-0-camera-credit-westlicht-photographica-auction.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><span style="color: #414141"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">You don't even get a single megapixel for your money</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">We've seen our share of expensive cameras. The Phantom v1610, for instance, is capable of <a href="http://www.tecca.com/news/2011/08/09/phantom-v1610-high-speed-camera-slow-motion/" target="_blank">shooting 1 million frames per second</a> — a feat that will cost you $100,000. But that's a veritable bargain compared to this 1923 Leica camera that just sold at auction for 2.16 million euros ($2.8 million), an absolute record.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">German camera-maker Leica is one of the most famous names in high-quality cameras. A new Leica can <a href="http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/03/23/leica-31000-m9p-camera/" target="_blank">run you as much as $31,700</a>. But this 1923 0-series Leica is a piece of camera history, one from the first batch of 31 cameras the company ever created. Only about 12 are known to still exist; fewer still are in such a pristine condition. That means this camera can command top dollar — or, in this case, top euro.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The camera was purchased by an anonymous European buyer. In 2007, a similar Leica 0-series sold for $430,000; in 2011 one sold for $1.7 million. Given the rapid increase of price in these cameras, we think we'll keep using <a href="http://www.tecca.com/guides/instagram/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to take our <a href="http://www.tecca.com/columns/instagram-helps-you-improve-and-share-your-iphone-photos/" target="_blank">hipster-quality photos</a>, thank you very much.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">[Image credit: <a href="http://www.westlicht-auction.com/" target="_blank">WestLicht Photographica Auction</a>]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phillydog1958, post: 56722, member: 8704"] [B]This $2.8 million Leica is the world’s most expensive camera[/B] [FONT=arial] [/FONT] [FONT=arial]By [/FONT][FONT=arial][URL="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/author/tecca/"]Tecca[/URL][/FONT][FONT=arial] | [/FONT][FONT=arial][URL="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/"]Today in Tech[/URL][/FONT][FONT=arial] – [/FONT][FONT=arial]16 hrs ag[/FONT]o[B][/B], Sourced --Yahoo.com [FONT=Georgia][IMG]http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W0cLeGUU38aKAuZ_3JqMww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/technews/fva-630-leica-1923-series-0-camera-credit-westlicht-photographica-auction.jpg[/IMG][COLOR=#414141][FONT=arial]You don't even get a single megapixel for your money[/FONT][/COLOR] We've seen our share of expensive cameras. The Phantom v1610, for instance, is capable of [URL="http://www.tecca.com/news/2011/08/09/phantom-v1610-high-speed-camera-slow-motion/"]shooting 1 million frames per second[/URL] — a feat that will cost you $100,000. But that's a veritable bargain compared to this 1923 Leica camera that just sold at auction for 2.16 million euros ($2.8 million), an absolute record. German camera-maker Leica is one of the most famous names in high-quality cameras. A new Leica can [URL="http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/03/23/leica-31000-m9p-camera/"]run you as much as $31,700[/URL]. But this 1923 0-series Leica is a piece of camera history, one from the first batch of 31 cameras the company ever created. Only about 12 are known to still exist; fewer still are in such a pristine condition. That means this camera can command top dollar — or, in this case, top euro. The camera was purchased by an anonymous European buyer. In 2007, a similar Leica 0-series sold for $430,000; in 2011 one sold for $1.7 million. Given the rapid increase of price in these cameras, we think we'll keep using [URL="http://www.tecca.com/guides/instagram/"]Instagram[/URL] to take our [URL="http://www.tecca.com/columns/instagram-helps-you-improve-and-share-your-iphone-photos/"]hipster-quality photos[/URL], thank you very much. [Image credit: [URL="http://www.westlicht-auction.com/"]WestLicht Photographica Auction[/URL]] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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