Det er 60 år siden det første rammesøkerkameraet fra Leica, M3, forlot fabrikken og endret verden av fotografering. I anledning dette jubileet presentere Leica en ny analog modell: Leica M-A.
 
Høydepunkter
- Lukker blender avstand ikke noe annet å tenke på.
- Analog ikke noen batterier.
- Helmekanisk hus.
- Kodak Tri-X 400 B/W inkludert.
- To versjoner: sølv og svart.
- Som et rent mekanisk rammesøkerkamera, står Leica M-A for en retur til fotografering i sin mest opprinnelige form. Uten - LED-skjerm, lysmåling eller batterier kan fotografen utforske helt nye kreative horisonter. Med et kamera redusert til kun - viktige kamerafunksjoner, kan brukere konsentrere seg helt og holdent om de grunnleggende parametrene for komposisjon - brennvidde, blenderåpning og lukkerhastighet - og på å fange det avgjørende øyeblikket.
 
Leica M-A er et produkt med særlig varige verdier. De tekniske spesifikasjonene for Leica M-A er i hovedsak basert på den analoge Leica M-P. Alle presisjonskonstruerte komponenter og funksjoner er designet for absolutt robusthet og lang levetid, og er plassert i et håndlaget hus i metall. Leicas røde merke er utelatt for å understreke den klassiske enkelhet. Sett fra siden er Leica M-A betydelig slankere enn sine digitale kolleger.
 
Hver Leica M-A leveres komplett med Kodak Tri-X 400 svart-hvitt-film, som også feirer sitt 60-årsjubileum i år.
 
Tekniske spesifikasjoner:
 
Camera type:   Leica M-A (type 127) compact, 35 mm rangefinder system camera with a mechanically controlled shutter
Lens mount:    Leica M-Bayonet
Lens system:   Leica M-Lenses,16–135 mm
Exposure control:  Manual setting of shutter speed and aperture with values from an external exposure meter or by estimation

 

Flash connection:   Hot shoe – accessory shoe with centre contact
Synchronisation:  On first shutter curtain
Flash exposure control: Computer control by the flash unit or guide number calculation and manual setting of the required aperture value

 

Viewfinder principle:  Large, bright, combined bright-line viewfinder with automatic parallax compensation
Eyepiece:    Adjusted to –0.5 dioptres; correction lenses available for –3 to +3 dioptres
Image field framing:  By projection of pairs of bright-line frames for 28 and 90 mm, 35 and 135 mm, 50 and 75 mm lenses; automatic display of corresponding frames when lenses are locked into the bayonet mount
Frame selector:  Lever enabling alternative frame pairs to be displayed in the viewfinder without changing lenses (e.g. for framing comparisons)
Parallax compensation:  The horizontal and vertical differences between the viewfinder and lens axes are automatically compensated for in relation to the focusing distance
Concordance of viewfinder and film image:  The bright-line frame size corresponds to an image size of approx. 23 × 35 mm at the minimum focusing distance for all focal lengths; focused at infinity, and depending on the focal length, approx. 9% (28 mm) to 23% (135 mm) more will be captured on the film than is shown in the corresponding bright-line frame
Magnification   0.72× (for all lenses)
Long-base rangefinder:  Coincident and superimposed image rangefinder, shown as a bright field at the centre of the viewfinder image
Effective rangefinder base: 49.9 mm (mechanical rangefinder base 69.25 mm × viewfinder magnification 0.72×)

 

Shutter:  Horizontal rubberised-cloth focal plane shutter; extremely low noise; mechanically controlled
Shutter speeds:  From 1 s to 1/1000 s in one-stop increments, B for exposure times of arbitrary length
Shutter release:   Standard internal thread for remote-release cables
Film loading, advance and rewinding
Loading:  Manual loading after removal of the base and opening the rear flap
Film advance:  Manually, with rapid wind lever or Leicavit M; motorised, with Leica Motor-M, Leica Winder-M, Leica Winder M4-P or Leica Winder M4-2 (from article number 10 350)
Rewinding:  Manual, pull-out rewind knob after disconnecting the advance mechanism with the R-lever on the front of the camera
Frame counter:  On camera top plate; automatically reset when camera baseplate removed

 

Material:  One-piece full-metal body with rear flap; top deck and baseplate in brass with black or silver chrome finish
Tripod bush:    Thread A 1/4, DIN 4503 (1/4")
Rear flap/features:   Reminder dial for film sensitivity
Dimensions:    Approx. 138 × 38 × 77 (length × depth × height, in mm)
Weight:   Approx. 578 g
Package includes:   Body cap and carrying strap