Here’s one for the gods: The Titan. Leica is producing just 250 sets of this titanium M-A and 50mm APO-Summicron ASPH lens at the eye-watering price of £18,000, including VAT. The M-A, which represents the classic world of pre-metered M film cameras, features components milled from solid titanium and will arrive in a special silk-lined presentation box. The bodies and lenses will be engraved with their special-edition serial numbers.
Somehow, I don’t see many of these sets being used on the street. They are more likely to be squirrelled away by collectors with a view to a bit of return in the future.
If you have the odd 18-grand rattling around in your wallet and fancy a bit of a punt, better get your name down immediately. In the meantime, enjoy the full description of this new version of one of the pre-Olympian gods.
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When I got my first Leica digital in 2007, I went to Athens to stay in Hotel Titan. I was very glad because the camera was with a Titanium Summicron 50 f2 model. Dust was in all photos regardless lens quality. The glass actually got my admiration after dropping hard previous year and surviving. But at last I sold it. Now I don’t need any more titanium in my life. Oh, I also had a Hasselblad Xpan that I thing was made from the same metal. Another champion of the old times, actually very pricey, that I already sole too. I should have been a one camera man. But you see. In case sometime that will finally happen, that’s a good one! Thanks
My Titanium Contax T2 is still going strong! Has survived years of use and even still looks new somehow. Prefer Leicas in black though.
Titania Hotel, correct
Beautiful camera! If you only hear about it now I would assume it is already too late…
That is a handsome camera.