The next movie by James Bond is about to be finally released and although you can never be the well-known agent 007, at least you will be able to feel a little more with him with the Leica Q2 007 Edition. A bespoke, limited-unit camera created by Leica for the 25th anniversary of MI6's best-known agent and its theatrical release. Of course, it is not cheap.
Leica Q2, James Bond's camera
It is not the first time nor will it be the last time that special editions of certain products are launched taking advantage of the premiere of a movie. Even less if it is a long-awaited one like the new James Bond one, because No Time to Die will arrive on October 8 to movie theaters.
Well, after having been rumored for some time about the possibility that Leica launched a special edition of one of its cameras, now it is confirmed and this is the new Leica Q2 '007 Edition'. What does it offer? Let's see it.
The James Bond Special Edition of this Leica camera relies heavily on the color scheme and the minor detail on the lens cap. Here the leather is ocean green and the cover has a relief that simulates that typical image of the Bondo movies in which you see through the barrel of a gun.
For the rest, the Leica Q2 007 does not offer anything really different. So, the only thing is these, although it must be admitted that considering Bond's style, it does fit quite well with the elegance of the well-known MI6 secret agent.
Beyond customization, its technical characteristics
Now that you know what the Leica Q2 '007 Edition' In terms of customization, the truth is that the rest of the technical characteristics are identical to those of the Leica Q2 that was already known. That is, it is a digital camera with a sensor of 47,3 megapixel, equipped with a Summilux lens with f1.7 maximum aperture and 28mm focal length.
Although the lens is fixed it also allows for a select framing option which would result in images like you could with focal lengths of 28, 35, 50 and 75 mm. Of course, being a cut on the sensor, the resolution of the image would be affected and would go from 47,3 to 30, 15 or 7 megapixels.
For the rest, the camera has a 3,68-megapixel resolution OLED viewfinder and an LCD screen so you can choose your best option for framing. It also allows recording video at 4K resolution and all the options offered by its different menus or joint use with the Leica app to transfer images to a mobile device.
The price of James Bond's camera
At this point, surely the price of this Leica will not surprise you at all. First for being Leica, second for being a special edition. How much will 007's camera cost? well some $6.800 it is what you will have to drop if you want to get one of the 250 cameras that are going to be sold.
By the way, on the Leica website there are some images taken with a Leica M, Leica Q2 and Leica SL behind the scenes of the film No Time to Die that are quite striking. You can see them here.