14 DAY TRIAL // To celebrate the first anniversary of the Daimaru Shinsaibashi Leica store in Osaka, the Japanese branch of the renowned German camera and optics manufacturer announced the release of a new Limited Edition Leica X2 model with textured red leather body.
This is quite a limited edition camera, as only 20 Leica X2 Red Leather will be manufactured and sold at the Daimaru Shinsaibashi store with a ¥273,000 / $2,660 / €1,940 price tag. The camera comes with a 24mm f/2.8 ASPH Leica Elmarit lens that has a 35mm equivalent focal length of 35mm.
All other features of the camera are the same as the ones on the base model, including a 16.5MP APS-C format CMOS sensor, ISO sensitivity of up to ISO 12,500 or 30 to 1/2000th of a second shutter speed.
At the opening of the same store, Leica Japan also launched a limited, 100-piece edition Leica X2 White camera that was quite popular. Also, earlier this month, Leica announced another special edition Leica X2 camera with a unique “paper skin”, made in collaboration with renowned paper manufacturer Fedrigoni.