This Leica tin box begs for your desktop clutter
Oct 25, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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You know that film cameras are perfect for storing memories. Now, this Leica M3 tin replica box will store, well, other stuff. This little tin box is made after the iconic Leica M3 and resembles the camera in size and looks (size-wise that means 138mm x 71mm x 77mm).
Only instead of having optics and mechanics, it is completely hollow. That makes the box perfect for storing pencils, general desktop mess, and best of all, film canisters.
The Leica box is sold for $40 here. This is not bad considering an original Leica M3 will set you back about $1,000. (And it’s not even new like the tin box).
This is what the tin box looks like:
And here is a side by side comparisson with the real thing:
Lastly, here are some idea on what you can do with a camera that does not take pictures:
[Leica M3 tin can |$40 on leicarumors]
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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7 responses to “This Leica tin box begs for your desktop clutter”
A tin box that looks sort of like a Leica? Lets slap a huge price tag on it and all the hipsters will run to buy it. I’d rather go to a flea market and buy a vintage camera for about a 10th of the price, then strip the guts out of it.
Did writing that comment make you feel good ?
Can i convert it into a pinhole camera? :)
Casey Craig more camera desk accessories!
We need it!
Beautiful… Love everything Leica. There is nothing like holding one in your hand. However, not a great place to hide cash!!!!! Any robber would grab a camera fast…
I bought a Leica M3 with many accessories when it was first introduced (and I was single). After marriage and arrival of a baby girl, this now poor schlub had to sell all equipment to pay for obstetrician and hospital costs. I saw a first run M3 (body) sold a few years ago for $400,000. I could have started my own village for that, and should have named my daughter “Leica”.