>>2706797>What's the deal with those cameras? Leica are a German camera and lens manufacturer who made rangefinders back when they were still a thing and never quite got the memo when they stopped being a thing. Nowadays they try to "recapture the magic" of shooting an old film Leica by being grossly impractical, having no automatic features but still barely being able to change anything and manually focusing on a ridiculous rangefinder focusing screen.
>How come they're so expensive? Originally they had a reputation for excellent build quality and ridiculously sharp lenses. They capitalised on this and marketed themselves as a luxury brand, even their lens caps are like $80 because it's got their name on it.
>And who's using them?Chinese people who know nothing about cameras but want a status symbol they can take photos with, old people who never got told the second world war is over, Christian Bale, and this one African kid who keeps getting posted here.
For more information watch the digital rev episodes with Leica where Kai wonders around extolling the virtues of Leica whilst taking blurry, out of focus, poorly exposed shots
