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67. Leica Luck

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Camera Troubles And Setup
1:45
The Tuesday-Wednesday Mixup
2:56
Marketplace Listing Raises Eyebrows
4:20
Verifying Prices And Value
5:15
Family Circumstances And The Offer
6:35
Trading Work For Gear Idea
7:25
The $4,800 Turning Point
8:22
Q2 Possibility Emerges
9:35
Car Repairs And Life Math
11:05
Paring Down Gear To Level Up
13:00
Why The Old Digitals Fall Short
14:40
Flipping Gear To Fund The Leica
16:20
Lenses, Loans, And A Friendly Swap
18:05
Sony Workhorse With No Work
19:56
Film Bodies, M9, And Use Cases
22:00
Too Good To Be True Or Real
23:28
Walking Into The House Of Leicas
24:45
Testing, Trust, And The Deal
26:00
Why Owning Fewer Cameras Helps
28:30
Cameras As Assets And Tools
31:10
Focusing A Creative Practice
33:20
Documenting Picks And People
35:40
First Impressions Hands On
38:20
Sharing Gear With Partners
40:10
Weather Sealing And Real-World Use
42:00
The Biker Shirt Treasure Trove
45:10
Deadstock, Sizes, And Resale Logic
47:30
Curation, Quality, And Patience
50:20
Closing Reflections On Serendipity
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67. Leica Luck
Mar 03, 2026 Season 3 Episode 14
Matthew O'Brien, Alex Carter

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More of a fun for us one here. What started as a pretty standard phone call turned into one of the most unexpected camera days we've had. Matt found a Leica M11 and Q2 listed on Facebook Marketplace by a woman selling her dad's collection to cover nursing care costs — and after some back-and-forth, both cameras came home with us. We talk through the full story, the legitimacy paranoia, trading a Zeiss 35mm for a 28mm viewfinder, the philosophy of owning things you actually use, and why paring down a collection can feel more intentional than building one. -Ai

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