...One of these. So eat macaroni if you have to. :-)
Mike
(Thanks to Eolake)
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Anthony Shaughnessy: "I like it but I'll wait till the mark IV comes out, I hear it's going to have better dynamic range."
Doug Sundseth: "Please. Everyone knows that the lens should have been made in white gold. 8-) "
I would say it is the other way round:
You are not a real photographer if you are spending your money for one of these...
Posted by: Chris Dematté | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 06:58 AM
UGH !
Posted by: John Ashbourne | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 07:04 AM
Nothing says 'I Love You' like Macaroni
Posted by: Sean | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 07:06 AM
...or, if you have a measly $50k more and are a Nikon fan, this one:
http://www.brikk.com/store/p116/LUX_NIKON_KIT_FINISHED_IN_24K_YELLOW_GOLD.html
Amazing that there seems to be a market for these...
Posted by: Soeren Engelbrecht | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 07:09 AM
The upside of this, at least for those of us with an iconoclastic bent, is that we get to reap the benefits of breaking such so-called rules without paying the consequences either way (i.e., the consequences of blind observance or willful non-compliance).
Posted by: Gordon Lewis | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 08:59 AM
Yeah - got mine ordered already. Shame it has to be a Canon, though.
Posted by: David Paterson | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 11:47 AM
Even a "gold coloured" lowly Panasonic GH1 can cause quite a stir; whether in Sydney Australia, or Muscat in Oman, the color lead to some extra attention in a lot of places. Even some especially friendly treatment at Sydney Tower ;-)
Imagine, what real, shiny gold can do to your "personal image" (not the images in the camera).
Posted by: Kurt Friis Hansen | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 02:53 PM
Fred Picker should have known better. But he did bring excellent products to market, and his constant idea was "do your best", so I was/am willing to forgive his irascibilty, bluster, aand occasional wrong-headedness.
Posted by: Mark Sampson | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 03:06 PM
You'd be a real something, that's for sure.
:-)
(Possibly the most tasteless thing I've seen this week.)
Posted by: Nigel | Friday, 14 August 2015 at 04:50 PM
Yes, I thought you fellers of excellent taste would love this.
I have seen a once-ounce Chinese Panda gold coin (almost half the weight of this abomination). It's well designed and drawn, and it even has matte areas. In short, it is really, honestly beautiful. It's hard to believe that something as patently ugly as this can be made from the same material.
The diamonds just prove the point. Whicever point you wish to make.
In Doonesbury, Donald Trump was showing a journalist around on his yacht. He kept talking about the incredible *quality* of everything. The journalist finally asked: "when you say "quality", you mean "ridiculously expensive", dont you?" Trump said: "Are there any other definitions?"
Posted by: Eolake | Saturday, 15 August 2015 at 05:37 AM
Thanks for reminding me of the Brikk Nikon - the pinnacle of unbelievable - I had a brief footle on their site, seeing what other wonders of understated good taste they had produced, and found this: http://www.brikk.com/store/p197/LUX_BUDDY_BELT_DOG_HARNESS.html
Don't you just want one? Obviously there are people out there who would consider Butters underdressed without one...
Posted by: Andy Sheppard | Saturday, 15 August 2015 at 07:39 AM
What's wrong with macaroni?
My mom is very good at cooking them.
Except, no cheese for me (two months ago I became allergic to milk and cheeses...).
Posted by: Andrea Costa | Tuesday, 18 August 2015 at 03:11 AM