Absolute reliability in all situations, emergency operation without batteries, the use of the very best materials, great value retention, longevity, high-precision optical and mechanical components make the Leica M7 a step above the rest.

• Make automatic exposures.
• Work more accurately.
• Stay informed at all times.
• Start immediately.
• Flash at ultrahigh exposure times.
• Use flash creatively.
• Prevent faulty exposures.

• Compact 35mm rangefinder system camera with electronically controlled shutter and two mechanically controlled shutter speeds.

• Leica M bayonet mount. Lens system Leica M lenses from 21-135 mm.

• Viewfinder Principle: Large, bright line frame viewfinder with automatic parallax compensation. Viewfinder optical system with reduced stray light sensitivity and optimum visibility of all bright line frames.
• Eyepiece: Calibrated to –0.5 dpt. Correction lenses from –3 to +3 diopter available. Bright line frames activated in pairs: for 28 and 90 mm, 35 and 135 mm or 50 and 75 mm. Automatically displayed when the lens is mounted. The preview selector can be used to display each of the pairs of frames. Alternative bright line frame configurations are available as part of the Leica a la carte range.*
• Parallax Compensation: The horizontal and vertical difference between the viewfinder and the lens is automatically compensated in line with the current distance setting, i.e. the bright line frame in the viewfinder automatically covers the section of the subject that will be captured by the lens.
• Correlation Between Viewfinder and Film Images: At the shortest possible distance setting for each focal length, the bright line frame size corresponds to an image size of approx. 23 x 35 mm. When set to infinity, depending on the focal length between 9% (28mm) and 23% (135 mm) more is captured by the film than is shown in the corresponding bright line frame.
• Magnification: 0.72x (for all lenses). Alternative viewfinder magnifications of 0.85x and 0.58x are available as part of the Leica a la carte range.*
• Wide-base Rangefinder: Split and superposed-image ranger finder displayed as a bright field in the centre of the viewfinder image. Effective measuring basis 49.9 mm (mechanical measuring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.72x). For the alternative viewfinder magnifications of 0.85x and 0.58x available as part of the Leica a la carte range, it is 58.9 mm (mechanical measuring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.85x) and 40.2 mm (mechanical mea-suring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.58x) respectively.
• *Leica a la carte range items sold separately

• Viewfinder Principle: Large, bright line frame viewfinder with automatic parallax compensation. Viewfinder optical system with reduced stray light sensitivity and optimum visibility of all bright line frames.
• Eyepiece: Calibrated to –0.5 dpt. Correction lenses from –3 to +3 diopter available. Bright line frames activated in pairs: for 28 and 90 mm, 35 and 135 mm or 50 and 75 mm. Automatically displayed when the lens is mounted. The preview selector can be used to display each of the pairs of frames. Alternative bright line frame configurations are available as part of the Leica a la carte range.*
• Parallax Compensation: The horizontal and vertical difference between the viewfinder and the lens is automatically compensated in line with the current distance setting, i.e. the bright line frame in the viewfinder automatically covers the section of the subject that will be captured by the lens.
• Correlation Between Viewfinder and Film Images: At the shortest possible distance setting for each focal length, the bright line frame size corresponds to an image size of approx. 23 x 35 mm. When set to infinity, depending on the focal length between 9% (28mm) and 23% (135 mm) more is captured by the film than is shown in the corresponding bright line frame.
• Magnification: 0.72x (for all lenses). Alternative viewfinder magnifications of 0.85x and 0.58x are available as part of the Leica a la carte range.*
• Wide-base Rangefinder: Split and superposed-image ranger finder displayed as a bright field in the centre of the viewfinder image. Effective measuring basis 49.9 mm (mechanical measuring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.72x). For the alternative viewfinder magnifications of 0.85x and 0.58x available as part of the Leica a la carte range, it is 58.9 mm (mechanical measuring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.85x) and 40.2 mm (mechanical mea-suring basis 69.25 mm x viewfinder magnification 0.58x) respectively.
• *Leica a la carte range items sold separately

• Exposure metering through the lens (TTL), selectively with working aperture.
• Metering Principle: The light reflected by a metering spot in the center of the first shutter curtain. The metering spot has a diameter of 12 mm and thus corresponds to approx. 13% of the full film format or approx. 2/3 of the short side of the applicable bright line frame in the viewfinder.
• Metering Range: (for ISO 100/21°) From 0.03 to 125000 cd/m2 at room temperature, normal humidity and f/1.0. For ISO 100/21° this corresponds to EV-2 to 20 or f/1 and 4s to f/32 and 1/1000s. Flashing of the left-hand triangular LED in the viewfinder indicates that the brightness reflected is below the metering range.
• Metering Cell: Silicon photodiode with focusing lens to the top left behind the bayonet.

• Choice of automatic control of shutter speed – with corresponding digital display – with manual aperture selection (automatic mode) or manual shutter speed and aperture setting with adjustment using LED light balance.

• Choice of automatic setting from ISO 25/15° to ISO 5000/38° for DX coded films or manual setting from ISO 6/9° to ISO 6400/39°. Setting an additional exposure compensation (±/ 2EV) allows speeds of ISO 1.5/3° to ISO 25000/45° to be used.

• Using accessory hotshoe with center contacts or standard flash connector socket.

• 1/50s; slower shutter speeds can be used (with manual setting only)
• Automatic setting in AUTO mode; faster shutter speeds (1/250s, 1/500s, 1/1000s) available with manual setting if the connected flash unit has the “High Speed Synchronisation” function and an SCA-3502 adapter is used.

• Optionally with 1st or 2nd shutter curtain (with appropriate flash unit and SCA-3502 adapter)

• Optionally with 1st or 2nd shutter curtain (with appropriate flash unit and SCA-3502 adapter)

• TTL control with center-weighted integral metering.

• ISO 12/12° to 3200/36°

• ± 3 1 ⁄ 3 EV in 1 ⁄ 3 EV increments on SCA-3501/3502 adapter.
• On LEICA SF 20 / SF 24D, +/- 3EV in 1/3 EV increments or from 0 to –3 EV in 1EV increments with computer control.

• Rubberized cloth focal plane shutter with horizontal movement; extremely quiet.
• Electronically controlled with two mechanically controlled shutter speeds, 1/60 s and 1/125 s.

• In automatic mode (AUTO) continuous from 32s to 1/1000s. With manual setting 4s to 1/1000s in whole increments.
• B for very long exposures of any duration, (1/50s) for flash synchronisation.

• Three stage: Power up – Exposure value storage (in automatic mode) – Release
• Standard thread for cable release integrated

• Loading: Manual film loading after opening base plate and rear panel.
• Advance: Manually with quick wind lever or LEICAVIT M or motorized using LEICA MOTOR M, LEICA WINDER-M, LEICA WINDER M4-P or LEICA WINDER M4-2 (from serial no. 10350).
• Rewind: Rewind crank (LEICA M7) after turning R lever on front of camera. Frame counter On top of camera. Automatic reset after removing base plate.

• Material Enclosed all metal body with hinged rear panel. Brass top and base plate. Silver or black chrome finish.
• Tripod thread A 1/4 (1/4") DIN in base plate.

• 6V from 2 lithium cells, type DL 1/3 N. Battery monitoring by flashing of LEDs in digital display or light balance or by illumination of bc display or all LEDs going out.

• 5.4 x 3.1 x 1.5"

• 1.3 lbs