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We're not sure who buys these Minox Leica M3 mini-replica cameras, but they sure are cute. They've updated the old one with an LCD on the back and a 3.2-megapixel sensor inside (though they advertise it as a 5MP through interpolation).
The optional flash is a nice addition, too. Despite its diminutive size, even the hotshoe atop the camera is live. Maybe someone will make an adapter so that it could be used with a normal flash, but then again this is about as niche as a market could possibly get.
Check out the cute little ass-end of this babe, where that new LCD viewscreen resides:
You just want to reach out and pinch it!
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Comments
That is kinda cool.
Just the thing for that next tiny retro press event!
cute as hell.
There's cute, there's retro, and there's cheesy. What makes this camera fall into the latter category is the substandard electronics package. Putting the Leica name on this is like putting lipstick on a pig. I'd be all over it today if it had 7MP, quality optics, any optical zoom whatsoever, image stabilization and even reasonable video capabilities. Instead I think I'll wait two years and pick it up in a 99 cents store as a novelty for my kid.
Now all I need is a brown Fedora with a piece of cardstock in the brim that reads, "Press."
Or hop on eBay and get an original mini Minox...
Yeah, because the Leica M3 has all of those things...
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