kivis Posted October 1, 2022 Share #1241 Posted October 1, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 50 minutes ago, iPacific said: The M-A on the Leica official web page shows M-A black chrome with the "round" R lever and the classic style lens release button. Seems like its an official change of the parts 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! Interesting. Mine is all newer style on the lens release button and return tab. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wattsy Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share #1242 Posted October 2, 2022 17 hours ago, iPacific said: The M-A on the Leica official web page shows M-A black chrome with the "round" R lever and the classic style lens release button. Seems like its an official change of the parts 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! Possibly but I think the website photos date back to the launch of the product back in 2014. I think Leica have built these cameras with whatever parts have been available at the time and if "round" levers haven't been available, they simply use whatever else they have in the appropriate finish. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmueller Posted October 3, 2022 Share #1243 Posted October 3, 2022 This is my M-A purchased close before Christmas 2021, doesn’t have the screw for the lens release button and a letter ‘R’ engraved for the rewind. Regards, Ralf 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! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/236926-i-love-my-m-a/?do=findComment&comment=4523125'>More sharing options...
Huss Posted October 3, 2022 Share #1244 Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 9:09 AM, iPacific said: The M-A on the Leica official web page shows M-A black chrome with the "round" R lever and the classic style lens release button. Seems like its an official change of the parts 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! Am I imagining it, or does anyone else see that circular impression where the MP’s battery cover would be? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 4, 2022 Share #1245 Posted October 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Huss said: Am I imagining it, or does anyone else see that circular impression where the MP’s battery cover would be? 😱 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted October 4, 2022 Share #1246 Posted October 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Huss said: Am I imagining it, or does anyone else see that circular impression where the MP’s battery cover would be? There has been a past issue with some M-A cameras where the battery compartment blanking plate appears to sink back into the camera body and shows as a depression in the body covering. It’s been illustrated on this forum, try a search. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPacific Posted October 4, 2022 Share #1247 Posted October 4, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 15 hours ago, Huss said: Am I imagining it, or does anyone else see that circular impression where the MP’s battery cover would be? it is noticeable when I use a finger to touch and search that battery cover, but it is not that easy to see it and feel it while using the m-a. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted October 4, 2022 Share #1248 Posted October 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Ouroboros said: There has been a past issue with some M-A cameras where the battery compartment blanking plate appears to sink back into the camera body and shows as a depression in the body covering. It’s been illustrated on this forum, try a search. I am well aware. I am just surprised that Leica would show that in their marketing material. I guess sloppiness is not limited to their QA department. My M-A doesn't show it - they couldn’t be bothered to check with the one they used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted October 4, 2022 Share #1249 Posted October 4, 2022 39 minutes ago, Huss said: I am well aware. I am just surprised that Leica would show that in their marketing material. I guess sloppiness is not limited to their QA department. My M-A doesn't show it - they couldn’t be bothered to check with the one they used? Maybe they forgot to put a battery in the hole before they covered it up! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF Posted October 5, 2022 Share #1250 Posted October 5, 2022 22 hours ago, Al Brown said: I am very interested in this precious material. Unfortunately I do not have any reference but a photo of my M-A: 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! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/236926-i-love-my-m-a/?do=findComment&comment=4525284'>More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted October 5, 2022 Share #1251 Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 🙃 I had no idea what vulvanite is. JMF, can you point to that precious material, please ? From start/factory release, leatherettes are not the same for silver or black M-A we can see here, in this thread Edited October 5, 2022 by a.noctilux 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF Posted October 5, 2022 Share #1252 Posted October 5, 2022 5 hours ago, a.noctilux said: 🙃 I had no idea what vulvanite is. Typo error, I meant to write vulcanite or leatherette if you prefer . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
logan2z Posted October 5, 2022 Share #1253 Posted October 5, 2022 Just now, Al Brown said: Yes, we know, but once you explain it it stops being funny. Well, at least the female technicians at Leica can breathe a sigh of relief. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Soare Posted October 6, 2022 Share #1254 Posted October 6, 2022 Bought new in June 2021. Made probably a couple of months before; I don't have the box at hand to check right now. Round rewind lever, screw-head lens release button. 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! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/236926-i-love-my-m-a/?do=findComment&comment=4525680'>More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted October 6, 2022 Share #1255 Posted October 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Vlad Soare said: Bought new in June 2021. Made probably a couple of months before; I don't have the box at hand to check right now. Round rewind lever, screw-head lens release button. 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! Of course, silver M-A come with round "R" lever. We are talking about Black M-A which is equipped with square R lever, we don't know why 😇. from above image we can see also in these two images, the leatherette difference pattern of Black/Silver M-A. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Soare Posted October 6, 2022 Share #1256 Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) Oh, it's just the black one that varies from batch to batch... I thought both of them were. Sorry about that. I'm not sure what you're saying about the leatherette, though. They both look the same to me as far as the pattern is concerned. The black one does seem a bit more pronounced, but that could just be due to the harsher lighting. Edited October 6, 2022 by Vlad Soare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted October 7, 2022 Share #1257 Posted October 7, 2022 Hello Everybody, "Vulcanite" is not a type of "Leatherette". It is a variety of "Ebonite". Ebonite is a type of hard rubber which is sometimes used as the usually black part of a fountain pen which is the connector between the tube containing the bladder containing the ink & the point which writes on the paper. The point is sometimes made of gold & has 2 tiny iridium beads at the tip because, historically, many types of inks have been caustic. Ebonite historically has also been used in a variety of other places where a tough, long lasting, durable material is needed. Best Regards, Michael 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfairclough Posted October 7, 2022 Share #1258 Posted October 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Michael Geschlecht said: Hello Everybody, "Vulcanite" is not a type of "Leatherette". It is a variety of "Ebonite". Ebonite is a type of hard rubber which is sometimes used as the usually black part of a fountain pen which is the connector between the tube containing the bladder containing the ink & the point which writes on the paper. The point is sometimes made of gold & has 2 tiny iridium beads at the tip because, historically, many types of inks have been caustic. Ebonite historically has also been used in a variety of other places where a tough, long lasting, durable material is needed. Best Regards, Michael That's cool to learn, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted October 7, 2022 Share #1259 Posted October 7, 2022 On 10/5/2022 at 10:31 AM, JMF said: Unfortunately I do not have any reference but a photo of my M-A: 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! I don't think this is an M-A. What is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirubadanieru Posted October 7, 2022 Share #1260 Posted October 7, 2022 6 hours ago, kivis said: I don't think this is an M-A. What is it? Either a MP Classic (which is basically an M-A in black paint finish), or a repainted M-A, or a-la-carte M-A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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