Last month we told you that Jony Ive was working on a limited edition Leica M camera to be auctioned off for The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Well, that very limited edition camera -- there is only one -- has been unveiled.
According to Leica's Google+ post, the camera took 85 days to create and required a total of 561 models and nearly 1000 prototype parts. Ive was assisted by his good friend and fellow designer Marc Newson on the project.
The camera "features a laser machined aluminum body and an anodized aluminum outer shell," and has "a full-format CMOS
