NB23 Posted March 29, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 29, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) MP = M Professional M-A = M Amateur Possible? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DezFoto Posted March 29, 2016 Share #2 Posted March 29, 2016 MP = M Professional M-A = M Amateur Possible? I certainly hope not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted March 29, 2016 Share #3 Posted March 29, 2016 M-A = M Analog M-P - M Poser Conceivable? 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted March 29, 2016 M-A = M Analog M-P - M Poser Conceivable? Could be. But I have no idea what analog means. And it certainly doesn't mean Film or film camera. A digital camera is as analog as a film camera. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted March 29, 2016 Share #5 Posted March 29, 2016 I was obviously just joking and having fun with your prose. I think Leica thought of "analog" as in a camera that is not digital (b/c analog is typically defined as pre-digital mechanism), hence film... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted March 29, 2016 Can be M-Paint and M-Anodized Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezFoto Posted March 29, 2016 Share #7 Posted March 29, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) MA = Messucher Artist MP= Messucher Professional Maybe? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted March 29, 2016 Share #8 Posted March 29, 2016 MP = M to Practice M-A = M for Advanced 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted March 29, 2016 Share #9 Posted March 29, 2016 M-A = Apples M-P = Pears Pete 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePioneer Posted April 3, 2016 Share #10 Posted April 3, 2016 M-A = We ran out of numbers M-P = If we aren't careful we are going to run out of letters as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotoklaus Posted April 3, 2016 Share #11 Posted April 3, 2016 MP = M Professional (as M8/M9 went to the digital guys...) M-A = Just Another analog M based on the M6, but we don't know ho to name them, anymore... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAK Posted April 8, 2016 Share #12 Posted April 8, 2016 MP = Meter present M-A = Meter absent 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted April 8, 2016 Share #13 Posted April 8, 2016 The M-A is not likely built like the M5, M4 and earlier models which were all hand-fitted. . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted April 8, 2016 Share #14 Posted April 8, 2016 That doesn't mean the construction quality is in any way inferior. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted April 9, 2016 Share #15 Posted April 9, 2016 The M-A is not likely built like the M5, M4 and earlier models which were all hand-fitted. . What's the romance with hand fitted parts? I'm glad Leica techs took the time 'back then' to make everything as perfect as it could be but these days CNC machining can turn out even tiny parts with tremendous precision. Just ask Rolex or Omega. Do you think all the great ASPH lenses we enjoy now are being hand ground? People want highly paid German techs in Wetzlar to file their seer but they complain about the price of an M-A. Do the math. We have it good, in part because the assemblers have it good. I'm OK with that. It's a better deal than Apple gives its subs. s-a 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share #16 Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) I don't get the hand fitted Romance, either. What did they do, take out the dremmel tools and drill away all day long? Drill the inside of the plate, drill this part, drill that part, shim this, shim that, extra thick grease here, no grease there, longer screw here, glue in there? Kind of silly, imo. And I am a Big M2/3/4/5 fan. Edited April 9, 2016 by NB23 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted April 9, 2016 Share #17 Posted April 9, 2016 The M-A is not likely built like the M5, M4 and earlier models which were all hand-fitted. . Irrelevant, pointless comment unless you insist on believing the earth flat, weaving your own hair shirt, eating weeds and going barefoot. The M-A is a perfect alternative to a metered M such as the MP. Great to still have the option. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted April 9, 2016 Share #18 Posted April 9, 2016 For me, the brighter viewfinder of the M-A is key, plus the focusing mechanism is supposedly improved (borrowing from digital M advances), and it is new inside. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAK Posted April 9, 2016 Share #19 Posted April 9, 2016 The M-A is not likely built like the M5, M4 and earlier models which were all hand-fitted. . I certainly hope that Leica is using different production techniques today than they were 40 or 50 years ago! Hand-fitting? I thought that ended with the IIIc when they went to die-casting. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkoush Posted April 9, 2016 Share #20 Posted April 9, 2016 For me, the brighter viewfinder of the M-A is key, plus the focusing mechanism is supposedly improved (borrowing from digital M advances), and it is new inside. Brighter viewfinder? As compared to the MP? Is this true? I didn't know that. Do you mean less cluttered? or indeed brighter? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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