Petition for Leica M-A a la carte option.

[jonnymoondog]

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It's trivial, I know. I, for one, would really like to have a .58 viewfinder with black paint and saddle leather in the Leica M-A. Call me crazy.

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/874/718/624/petition-for-a-leica-m-a-a-la-carte-option/

[FredR]

Call me crazy.

 

 

 

You're crazy.

 

Fred

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[rickp13]

but post a picture when you get it!

[gberger]

I'd just like to have a M-A with a .85 viewfinder.

[FrozenInTime]

I'd just like to have a M-A with a .85 viewfinder.

 

If they do this, I would trade in my M6 x0.72 and x0.85 to get one.

No a la carte price lift - just make x0.58, x0.72 and  x0.85 standard offerings.

Edited June 11, 2015 by FrozenInTime

[bruniroquai]

A black paint, leica please...

[earleygallery]

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It's trivial, I know. I, for one, would really like to have a .58 viewfinder with black paint and saddle leather in the Leica M-A. Call me crazy.

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/874/718/624/petition-for-a-leica-m-a-a-la-carte-option/

 

Have you tried speaking to someone in Leica? They seem to accept most 'unusual' requests - for a price of course!

[wattsy]

They seem to accept most 'unusual' requests - for a price of course!

 

I've asked (for something non-standard but not-outlandish either) on more than one occasion and have been given an unequivocal "nein" each time. It is probably easier to get what you want if you are part of the in-crowd or one of the company's favoured sons but I have been told that they will no longer do things for the average punter like the silver Monochrom they made for a few forum members in 2012. Apparently, something to do with custom requests not being easy to run through the company's SAP ordering system.

[wattsy]

It's trivial, I know. I, for one, would really like to have a .58 viewfinder with black paint and saddle leather in the Leica M-A. Call me crazy.

 

There have been rumours floating around that the M-A would be incorporated in the à la carte programme but I suspect it won't happen. I know that, being a Leica fanboy at heart, I'd probably find the pennies for an M-A à la carte. An M-A in black paint with M7 style rewind would be the perfect 'personal-use' camera for me (I know that I can probably pick up a better made near mint black paint M4 for the same kind of money but there is something, at least for me, about owning a camera like this from new).

[Matlock]

The viewfinder options are what I would go for. I am not a great lover of black paint (although I can see the attraction).

[wattsy]

The viewfinder options are what I would go for. I am not a great lover of black paint (although I can see the attraction).

 

Yes, it is certainly true that the viewfinder magnification options would enhance the camera in a practical way for many potential buyers.

[coelacanth]

BP, x0.85, classic logo, MP/M3 style crank, vulcanite covering. I'd buy that.

[chris_livsey]

It's an M2 clone so why doesn't it have the 35/50/90 frames ONLY. That's my wish.

 

Just gone to vote all these replies and THREE votes, come on do the right thing!!

 

(Four with mine)

Edited June 13, 2015 by chris_livsey

[gberger]

My MP .85 has the 35, 50, 90 frame lines. It was an option, so it CAN be done - - - if they want to do so.

[wattsy]

It's an M2 clone so why doesn't it have the 35/50/90 frames ONLY. That's my wish.

 

Whilst I wouldn't want to deny you your wish Chris, it's worth pointing out that, unlike the MP (and M6/7, etc.) the M-A framelines for 135 and 75 are almost non-existent so you already get a kind of 28/90, 35 and 50 set-up.

[jonnymoondog]

Thanks for signing. Feel free to spread the petition to other forums.

 

Edited June 13, 2015 by jonnymoondog