Leica 24/1.4 M Summilux ASPH Introduced As Part Of Special
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By Sean Reid of Reid Reviews
On May 22, Leica introduced one of those special finish, special edition sets they're known to create from time to time. These, of course, are luxury items that primarily sell to collectors. This one celebrates -- in their words -- "100 Years of Leica Photography". I seem to recall that this set, of which 101 will be made, will sell for about 22,000 Euros – but don't hold me to that as I haven't yet been able to confirm the price.
This release also coincided with special events celebrating Leica's opening of their new corporate headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany – the place where Leica Camera was born.
Obviously, it's easy to be cynical about luxury Leica offerings like this – and their prices. They're ready fodder for the armchair quarterbacks of the Internet who will readily, and gleefully, declare that -- with such products -- Leica has "lost its way". But, the fact is that these collector products apparently sell out every time and thus generate incom...
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Sean Reid has been a commercial and fine art photographer for more than thirty years. He studied photography at Bard College under Stephen Shore and Ben Lifson. In the late 1980s he worked as an exhibition printer for Wendy Ewald and other fine art photographers. In 1989, he was the first American photographer to receive an artist-in-residence grant from the Irish Arts Council in Dublin, Ireland and his work is held in their collection. That same year he gave a guest lecture at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art in Dublin. In the early 1990s Sean met occasionally with Helen Levitt to discuss and edit pictures he was making in the subways of Budapest and New York City. These were exhibited in New York in conjunction with performances by Jens Nygaard's Jupiter Symphony.
Sean's work for clients is often of weddings and architecture. His editorial work has appeared in magazines such as Motorcyclist, Rider and The Robb Report. His personal work is primarily of people in public places -- especially in rural New England where he resides.
In 2004, Sean began reviewing cameras and lenses for Luminous Landscape. The following year he began Reid Reviews (link: www.reidreviews.com), a site -- of equipment reviews and essays on photography -- that accepts no advertising and is paid for entirely by subscribers. Written primarily for professional and serious amateur photographers the site has become known for its in-depth analysis based on both field and studio testing. Sean also serves as an unpaid consultant, advisor and sometimes beta tester for several camera and lens manufacturers.
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