This post is really to just offer Ed a piece of eye candy in return for the gratuitous Shakira photos he posted in my honour a few days ago. It's a Leica M8. You could buy one from Amazon.com, just as soon as you've robbed a bank of the stonking $5,495 that this camera will cost you...

But if you want the real deal, the definitive article, the collectors item - the first Leica M8 off the production line....well, that will cost you a little bit more. An astonishing 24,000 Euros to be precise. Which makes it the most expensive digital camera ever, according to the article. Although I suspect that refers only to auction sales. Because if you really wanted to splash out, you'd get a Hasselblad HD3 just to be able to brag that'd you'd spent as much on a camera as some African states do on their National Health Services. About $37,995.