kivis Posted February 9, 2022 Share #1081 Posted February 9, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica's website shows the M-A with the slotted release button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 9, 2022 Posted February 9, 2022 Hi kivis, Take a look here I love my M-A. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
logan2z Posted February 9, 2022 Share #1082 Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, kivis said: Leica's website shows the M-A with the slotted release button. I saw that. I believe the M2/M3/M4 had slotted release buttons so maybe it's an attempt to more closely resemble those cameras. Or maybe someone at the factory found some old slotted buttons in the Leica parts bin and decided to use them 😉 Edited February 9, 2022 by logan2z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topsy Posted February 9, 2022 Share #1083 Posted February 9, 2022 Don't know if it helps but my MP from 2003 has a slotted release button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share #1084 Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) On 2/9/2022 at 7:08 AM, kivis said: We've all noticed by now that some M-A's have a slotted lens release button and others like mine have a smooth silver button for the lens release. What gives? Both my M-A bodies from 2015 have the "slotted" screwhead version. I'm pretty sure the MP bodies I owned also had a screwhead lens release. I think the plain flat button is/was a feature of the more utilitarian aesthetic adopted for the M6/M7 and carried over to the black chrome M-A. Presumably the silver chrome M-A still has the slotted version? Edited February 10, 2022 by wattsy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1085 Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Black has flat button and chrome or silver has "slotted" lens release from start as the difference in "R" lever and the "faux vulcanite" or coverings. silver Edited February 10, 2022 by a.noctilux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1086 Posted February 10, 2022 Straight from Leica USA's website And yet my black chrome M-A has a modern smooth version of the lens release button. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1087 Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Strange, even the "R" is not filled white ink. I've been in the website to see if there are other changes, if there is engravings on the top, etc., not been able to see though. The slotted release may be chosen for easier manufactoring ? If I remember well, in ancient Leica website, the black M-A had the round lever as chrome M-A but on mine black M-A has the square angle R lever. We discussed this many years ago. Edited February 10, 2022 by a.noctilux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1088 Posted February 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, a.noctilux said: Strange, even the "R" is not filled white ink. I've been in the website to see if there are other changes, if there is engravings on the top, etc., not been able to see though. yes you are right. My M-A has the R in white ink (paint). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1089 Posted February 10, 2022 On 10/17/2021 at 1:44 PM, Guest JMF said: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! My M-A is from 2014 with a plain release button. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1090 Posted February 10, 2022 Is that some kind of special order M-A? Looks like black Paint and then the Leica engraving on the top plate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1091 Posted February 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, kivis said: Is that some kind of special order M-A? Looks like black Paint and then the Leica engraving on the top plate. It was a regular black chrome M-A and has been modified with some black paint parts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share #1092 Posted February 10, 2022 3 hours ago, JMF said: My M-A is from 2014 with a plain release button. I think production black M-A bodies have always had the plain release button. The example on the website is probably some early aberrant pre-production model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1093 Posted February 10, 2022 Seems like a lot of folks are not agreeing with this point of view. But who knows, you may be right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1094 Posted February 10, 2022 I remember seeing a while back, on plain paper black M-A without white paint filling in "R" and slotted lens release button. After searching for a while, - found in 2014 catalog in french with surprise to see also the round R lever (MP style), pages 40-41 - at page 2 of same catalog, black M-A showed with white R filling AND flat lens release button ! - same in 2017 catalog pages 48-49 and 14-15 ... so we can conclude that shootings of M-A on paper or on line can be different from real delivered M-A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1095 Posted February 10, 2022 https://leica-camera.com/en-AU/photography/cameras/m/m-a-typ-127-silver Slotted release buttons here ! Round R levers ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junix Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1096 Posted February 10, 2022 My 2020 M-A has a slotted release button. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1097 Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, junix said: My 2020 M-A has a slotted release button. Interesting Is it black ? We are talking about black M-A with slotted lens release. Edited February 10, 2022 by a.noctilux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted February 10, 2022 Share #1098 Posted February 10, 2022 And the mystery continues......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junix Posted February 11, 2022 Share #1099 Posted February 11, 2022 10 hours ago, a.noctilux said: Interesting Is it black ? We are talking about black M-A with slotted lens release. Hm, JMF link was for the silver one so I must have missed the 20-30 posts about you guys talking about black versions. Mine is silver chrome, sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share #1100 Posted February 11, 2022 13 hours ago, kivis said: And the mystery continues......... I'm not sure there is much of a mystery. The production black chrome M-A (like the M6 and M7 before it) has a plain lens release. The silver M-A (like the MP and older bodies from the '50s and '60s) has the screwhead version. The black M-A that appears in the stock photos used on the website (and probably elsewhere) seems to be an outlier and is probably some kind of pre-production prototype. My own "black" M-A, made in 2015, does have a screwhead style lens release but that camera was not a regular production model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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