This “Franken Leica/Linhof Stereo M6+Winder+Mini II+Zeiss rig” can be yours for $500,000

By LR admin | Published: March 16, 2011

Franken Leica Linhof Stereo M6 Winder Mini II Zeiss rig This Franken Leica/Linhof Stereo M6+Winder+Mini II+Zeiss rig can be yours for $500,000

This "Franken Leica/Linhof Stereo M6+Winder+Mini II+Zeiss rig" is available for sale on eBay for $500,000 This Franken Leica/Linhof Stereo M6+Winder+Mini II+Zeiss rig can be yours for $500,000. From the item description:

This is that one of a kind --UNIQUE-- 2011 RFF M Leica Beauty pageant bronze medal winner. It has features that no other Leica M rig in the world has or will ever have, like the ability to shoot on two film types simultaneously on asynchronous triple frame stereo with dual winder film advance. There is laser assisted rangefinder focussing and autofocus with built in flash, mechanical and electronic self timers, data back, five battery types, a total of five view finders, one of which zooms, and two that are angle finders. This rig sports the following brands; Leica (2 red logos), Leitz (red and black logo), Pentax (stereo attachment), MPP/Tewe (zoom finder), Zeiss Ikon (angle finder), Hama (self timer), Rite Aid (AAA batteries), and of course that beautiful Linhof badge (rarely seen on an M6). At full throttle the M4-2 can fire 3 double frames per second, while the mini II can do 1.5. That makes for a grand total of 7.5 frames recorded each second. That is more than a Leica M10! I could list many more features like it's double spirit level etc., but I think the pictures speak for themselves.

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21 Comments

  1. Jon
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 2:04 am | Permalink

    That dudes on crack, who the F*** is gonna buy that monstrosity?

  2. Soeren Engelbrecht
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 4:17 am | Permalink

    Or maybe he just has a sense of humour :-)

  3. Jorgen
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 4:50 am | Permalink

    Also, it’s an M6 not an M4-2…

  4. rrrr
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 7:15 am | Permalink

    If I buy a Leica M9 titanium. Can I sell it like 60 000$ (or more) in 15-20 years?
    It’s could be a great deal

  5. Simon
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 7:47 am | Permalink

    Great sense of humor!!! :-)

  6. Slow Gin
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 7:51 am | Permalink

    Garbage.

  7. Bmoniaga
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 8:29 am | Permalink

    Old Leica on Steroids…

    weird function…

  8. Rocco Ricoh
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 9:16 am | Permalink

    Ugliest thing I´ve ever seen. Period.

  9. J Shin
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 11:14 am | Permalink

    I was noticing that the price of M6 has been going up lately. :-)

  10. peter drijver
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    Stereopictures with mirrors or prisms is not the real thing apart from the vertical pictureframe. I prefer my StereoRealist or Iloca II…

  11. John
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    And all the sellers other sales are in the $30~$40 region plus his feedback is just 116. Will they take a cheque??? ; )

  12. grumps
    Posted March 16, 2011 at 8:22 pm | Permalink

    It’s obviously a joke, I mean the rig doesn’t really make sense!
    He’s obviously out to test the water on which Millionaire is stupid enough, or wanting some attention, and now he’s got it! Bravo!

    He’s even called it an M10, come guys surely this is the M2011 (and a few weeks early) :p

    -End

  13. Axel
    Posted March 17, 2011 at 1:55 am | Permalink

    Maybe the sum of all its parts are worth that much.

    • mmradman
      Posted March 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm | Permalink

      Less than 2K

  14. frenchy
    Posted March 17, 2011 at 3:43 am | Permalink

    I has a question aside the post: What is the impact of the japanese events (tsunami, earthquake and nuclear issue) on Leica, since Japan is one of its major markets and that I heard the Lumix plant was stopped in Japan.

    • LR admin
      Posted March 18, 2011 at 12:18 am | Permalink

      Panasonic has halted the production of the Lumix camera line which menas that they are not producing any D-Lux 5, V-Lux 2, etc. The M9 and S2 are probably using some Japanese parts inside.

  15. Huggs
    Posted March 17, 2011 at 10:14 am | Permalink

    $500,000? It’s atleast worth a cool mil. ;D

    • J Shin
      Posted March 17, 2011 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

      Well, the Mini II alone is worth the asking price. Those are hard to find, seeing that no one bought them. :-)

  16. Hans Einar Johanness
    Posted March 17, 2011 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

    In the ebay ad it is compared with Lica M10, have I missed something ?

    • mmradman
      Posted March 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

      April the 1st, guy is few weeks early.

  17. Eric Pepin
    Posted March 20, 2011 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

    dear god………………. I hope none of those parts are superglued.