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Leica’s new $23,000 film camera is platinum-plated and destined for collector shelves

A platinum anniversary that costs more than a wedding.

Back in 2014, the Leica M Edition 60 did the same thing to celebrate the 60th birthday of the M3, but that model was a bit more bold (and polarizing), being the first digital M to remove the rear LCD for a quasi film-like experience. I’ve never personally used one, but the premise was that it’s faster and slightly more discreet than moving your right hand from the shutter to operate the regular advance lever with your thumb. It’s another chance for Leica to milk money out of its rich whales for nearly six million dollars in revenue to fund whatever its next quirky idea is, but boy, is it hard not to enjoy looking at purty pictures of it.

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