The Ultimate Dream: A Leica Camera. But is it working?

[@KrankyPandas]

Hey there sir. I really enjoy your videos. Please make some more!

[@pricklypearcamera]

Hi! I will do my best to get a new one out soon!

[@VladisRed]

We need more videos of huge boxes of cameras

[@jastevens]

Hey Kevin! Love your content! Can't wait to see what treasures you unbox next!

[@jastevens]

No lie. This is one of my favorite channels on YT.

[@pricklypearcamera]

Very kind of you thanks for the comment, and for watching, sorry for the delay in new videos!

[@paulsehstedt6275]

I still use my Digilux 2 camera, but note: max 2 GB SD card. It's slow, but delivers stunning results.

[@pricklypearcamera]

Good callout! I forgot to mention the SD size limitation on it.

[@triumph_cv]

It was fascinating seeing that Leica and your description of it's features. Definitely a beautiful and robust piece of machinery. Great find.

[@thebinpustey6497]

That was a great lot! I get a strange satisfaction watching your videos, and always cheering for you! 👍

[@pricklypearcamera]

Thanks kindly!

[@jace001]

@@pricklypearcamera It's been months since your last video. I hope you are safe and doing well and maybe are just so busy you haven't found time to post. Looking forward to the next one, whenever that might be.

[@pricklypearcamera]

@@jace001 Doing well- had a summer trip, and re-organized the office/shop which has taken up a ton of my time, hope to have some new videos out soon! Thanks for checkin in!

[@jace001]

@@pricklypearcamera Oooh! Glad to hear you're ok! Looking forward to the new content! Hope the summer trip was fun!

[@PaulPosch]

My last two pickups at fleamarkets: 1st Canon EOS 10D with Canon EF 24-85mm F:3,5-4,5 lens a battery and charger for 40€, 2nd a Sony Alpha A57 with a Minolta 24-105mm F:3,5-4,5 + skylight Filter on it a battery and charger for 20€. BothCameras are working fine!

[@pricklypearcamera]

Hot dang that A57 is a killer deal! I love the natural color output of the Sony A5_ and a7_ Alpha DSLR line.

[@PaulPosch]

@@pricklypearcamera And the A57 hase made only 13925 shots!

[@TEEDUBS]

Kevin, We miss you! Please come back soon! I hope You and your Family are well.

[@goodmythicalmukbang3757]

A d2!! Damn.. dont underestimate that thing. Thats basically the original Q. Fantastic lens!!

[@pricklypearcamera]

Yep, it really is!

[@ChadCuomo-s6i]

Interesting to learn from your knowledge

[@terrym540]

Wasn't there a problem with the sensor on the early versions of the Digilux 2 which Leica relaced free of charge? The camera, and the Panasonic version, was made by Panasonic in Japan. Panasonic also made the Leica Digilux 3, and the Panasonic L1 ( which I have with it's kit) which had the Four Thirds lens mount. They were available in a kit bundled with a Leica 14-50mm f2.8-3.5 lens with switchable inbuilt stabilisation.

[@hawaiifiles]

I love my 2 Canon S5iS cameras. One I had since brand new, another that I recently bought used. Only 8 megapixels, it shoots great photos.

[@westpoll1]

The Leica was a great find, I always wanted one of those series of cameras. They are quite expensive over here in the UK, around $500 plus for a good one! Love watching your videos.

[@pricklypearcamera]

Thanks for watching! Hopefully more in the future, and appreciate you watchin' from across the pond!

[@asevereid]

Another fun video. That Leica seemed to be a good find, but I was excited to see the Powershot S5. I still use one occasionally, and it was the one that really got me going in photography this year. Great looking jpegs, but very unforgiving if you get the iso setting wrong. Looking forward to seeing what you've got on the table next week, thanks again.

[@pricklypearcamera]

Thanks for watching!

[@CurtisRogers68]

The Leica is beautiful! The Nikon S8200 looks great too - can't wait to see that listed on your eBay!!! I'm interested 🙂

[@pricklypearcamera]

Thanks for watching! I just listed that S8200 a moment ago on eBay...

[@CurtisRogers68]

@@pricklypearcamera snagged it! :-)

[@kronos5385]

The bounce flash on the Leica is very cool but it's so small I question its value. As someone who used to use a 35mm camera shoe mounted external flash that could pivot up, those were very powerful flash units that had the wattage to bounce off a ceiling. By the way, for anyone who has never used any type of bounce flash it was always used indoors because outdoors, there's nothing to bounce off of. Bounce flash pictures were used a lot in studio portrait work as the bounce nicely diffused the subjects face, especially female ones.

[@billr6983]

No videos for 3 months? We're getting strung out, man. Hope all is well and we'll see you on here again soon.

[@pricklypearcamera]

Hey Bill! Kids just got back in school, so should have some more free time, it's be a crazy last 6 months..Hopefully soon!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

a Leica!! next level there 🙂 and that Nikon at 13:00 looked mint I found my first ever DSLR, a Nikon D3100 with 18-55 kit lens I bought in 2012, up in my loft the other day. Still working and the battery still holds a charge. I honestly thought I'd sold it so it was a nice surprise finding it up there 🙂 listening to your brother's story brought back some unhappy but funny memories from a long stay I had in hospital a few years ago. I'd developed a fever at night and the doctors were concerned so wanted some bloods taken. a junior doctor was dispatched but after (and I kid yoiu not) 17 attempts at drawing blood gave up. a phlebotomist was then called who got the blood out first time. painful but I can laugh now!

[@pricklypearcamera]

Very cool, always cool to find something you haven't seen in a while! Wonder what the shutter count is on it? Sorry to hear about your blood draw experience, that sounds like a living nightmare to have so many repeated attempts!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

@@pricklypearcamera 3146 🙂 I used the camera for around 15 months

[@Polum2]

where are you buddy, missing your video on boxes of cameras!

[@pricklypearcamera]

I'm here! Kid's just got back in school so hopefully have some new content out soon!

[@Polum2]

@@pricklypearcamera yay! Look forward to your videos. So informative and you really manage to make some old cameras actually sound not to bad. Your knowledge is what i watch it for, plus the brilliant recycling of still useable tech. Thank you!

[@exploringsoutheastarizona2167]

Where are you located in Arizona? I like watching your channel, I've seen some good cameras on your channel that you've shared. I live in SE AZ. Not far from Tombstone.

[@pricklypearcamera]

Nice! I live just outside of Tucson

[@WiseGuy02]

It's been a while. Hope everything is ok.

[@pricklypearcamera]

Doing well, thanks! Just going through a late spring cleaning inventory wise, and also took a trip recently, hope to have some videos out shortly!

[@SammyBerggren]

Hej no new videos in 3 months where are you????

[@pricklypearcamera]

@@SammyBerggren hopefully have a new video coming out soon! Been busy behind the scenes! 🎬

[@a.m.9545]

​@@pricklypearcamerawould Like to See new Videos from you too. Greetz from Germany.

[@nathanglynn7443]

Hey man, you haven't posted in a while now, I hope you're all good?

[@pricklypearcamera]

Yep, doing well. Trying to list and clear a bunch of inventory out, i had hundreds of cameras waiting to list on eBay and have been focusing on that. Hope to have a video out soon!

[@nathanglynn7443]

@@pricklypearcamera phew, I'm glad to hear you're doing well, I'm always jumping on and off random family accounts etc to see if youve posted any new content! I decided to sell my tg-6 via eBay and it sold within a day! I decided instead to go with the Nikon p7100 for a compact point and shoot because I'm a mad man. Anyway, I look forward to your next vid!

[@pricklypearcamera]

@@nathanglynn7443 Very cool on the P7100, that's a fun camera to shoot with! Thanks for checking in, and hope you have a great summer!

[@sarahneedham]

Glad all is well Kevin. Look forward to some new videos soon!

[@fa13061]

Hello there! I have a Kodak easyshare cx6330 the prongs are corroded and underneath them there are like little sponges that have also turned yellowish. Is there anything I could do to save it?

[@pricklypearcamera]

Gotcha, yeah I've seen that on the Kodak's too. If it' not entirely corroded, you could try the vinegar trick, but if it's super corroded, it may not have enough contact points to allow the camera to power on. If it's at that point, it may not be salvageable..

[@wmorgan9331]

We had a Lumix years ago and it started showing bright vertical lines across bright objects. Do you see cameras with that issue?

[@pricklypearcamera]

Definitely! Older Panasonic's unfortunately tend to have substantially more issues than competitors like Sony/Canon. The biggest issues I see are lines in pictures/display, and even more common dust in the sensor that shows up as spots in photos taken.

[@EseMiGo]

Hey I bought this camera Kodak camera it’s a c513 I bought off the flea market it turned then Everton I press one button it just freezes do Yk how to fix it in it was also left in the sun

[@pricklypearcamera]

Hmm, could have some internal electronics issues if it's doing that. Tough to say.

[@EseMiGo]

@@pricklypearcameraI think the censer is broken do you know how to fix it

[@zoltanvarga1967]

💯❤❤❤❤❤💯

[@CymondclientBoncales-to4xe]

do you have a giveaways???

[@pricklypearcamera]

Not currently, but hopefully in the future!

[@nathanmall7173]

You haven’t posted in a while are you still in the business

[@pricklypearcamera]

Yep, still around! been really busy, but hopefully get some new content up soon!