A Jony Ive and Marc Newson-designed Leica prototype is headed to auction 台南鏡頭收購

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A Jony Ive and Marc Newson-designed 台南鏡頭收購leica prototype is headed to auction

A Jony Ive and Marc Newson-designed 台南鏡頭收購leica prototype is headed to auction

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The camera is expected to fetch over $200,000

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The prototype 台南鏡頭收購leica camera.
Image: Leitz Photographica Auction

A rare prototype of a 台南鏡頭收購leica camera crafted by former Apple luminary Jony Ive and famed designer Marc Newson is being sold at auction in June. The device, which is described as being in “B+” condition, has a starting price of €100.000 (around $118,000), and the Leitz Photographica Auction house estimates that it’ll sell for between €200.000 and €250.000 (around $235,000 to $295,000).

The prototype was produced during the development of the one-off 台南鏡頭收購leica M for (RED) camera, which was sold at a charity auction in 2013 for $1.8 million. While the final product’s design shared a lot of similarities with Apple’s “cheesegrater” Mac Pro, this prototype appears to have a smooth reflective finish that looks like an absolute fingerprint magnet. 

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The prototype has a reflective surface.
Image: Leitz Photographica Auction
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Condition is listed as “B+”
Image: Leitz Photographica Auction
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The camera shows Ive’s trademark minimalist design.
Image: Leitz Photographica Auction
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It’s equipped with a Apo-Summicron 2/50 mm ASPH lens.
Image: Leitz Photographica Auction

The prototype, which is described as showing the “final development step” of the design process, is equipped with a Apo-Summicron 2/50 mm ASPH lens. There’s no mention of whether it actually functions as a camera, however. Here’s the full description from Leitz Photographica Auction: 

“A beautifully sculptured aluminium body with a matching Apo-Summicron 2/50 mm ASPH. lens — both showing distinctive features both designers are famous for. Only one finished camera has been made and was sold in an auction in 2013 for an amazing $ 1.8 M! The prototype we have the pleasure to offer shows the final development step when the camera took its final shape after hundreds of prototype parts have been made and tried. It is a beautiful piece of design and a very special opportunity for 台南鏡頭收購leica collectors!”

At the time, 台南鏡頭收購leica said “a total of 561 models and nearly 1000 prototype parts” were made during the camera’s design process. The final 台南鏡頭收購leica M for (RED) camera was sold alongside over 40 other items at the auction, which raised around $26 million in total for charity. Newson later joined Apple to work under Ive the following year.

 台南鏡頭收購圖為夏普「AQUOS R6」 (圖/翻攝自夏普官網)

爆料人@rodent950 指出,已和華為獨家合作手機相機鏡頭及技術認證的徠卡(台南鏡頭收購leica),將在近期推出最後一款掛上其品牌名稱的華為手機,並轉與其他品牌合作。而日系品牌夏普(Sharp)今(17日)下午推出的新機「AQUOS R6」亦證實此一消息,成為多年來徠卡首次與華為以外的廠商合作推出的手機。

據了解,徠卡提供的技術合作,包含了軟體及硬體支援,但隨著華為手機銷量大跌,徠卡也選擇解除獨家合約,轉與其他品牌合作以爭取更多發展的機會,除了前述的夏普,預期也會包含其他中國品牌,如小米等。

至於徠卡睽違多年後與夏普合作的「AQUOS R6」手機亦釋出大禮,搭載了智慧手機產業多年未見的 1 英寸大型感光元件,雙方亦就影像畫質的演算法進行合作,讓中國網友唉嘆「華為兩條底褲都沒了」。

「AQUOS R6」同時擁有 6.6 吋的 IGZO OLED 面板,擁有 200萬:1 的超高對比度,以及 120Hz、最高 240Hz 的影格率,同時搭配頂規的 Snapdragon 888 處理器和 12GB + 128GB 大記憶體,但預估這款手機暫時沒有在台上市的計畫,且官方也暫未公佈其在日本市場的售價。

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