Leica M7 Flag

35mm MF film rangefinder camera • Discontinued • Collectible

  • Announced:
  • · 2002
  • Production type:
  • · Small-batch production: 579 (five hundred seventy-nine) units
  • Availability:
  • ● Sold out
  • Country of design:
  • · FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • Order No.:
  • · 10503 - 0.72, black chrome
  • System:
  • · Leica M (1954)

Specification

Format:
35mm full frame
Film type:
135 cartridge-loaded film
Leica M [27.8mm]
Shutter:
Type:
Focal-plane
Model:
Electronically controlled
Speeds:
32 - 1/1000 + B
Exposure:
Exposure metering:
Through-the-lens (TTL), stop-down
Exposure modes:
Aperture-priority Auto
Manual
Rangefinder and Viewfinder:
Rangefinder:
Built-in, combined with viewfinder
Viewfinder:
Built-in, combined with rangefinder
Finder magnification:
0.72x
Actual rangefinder base:
69.25mm
Effective rangefinder base:
49.86mm
Bright-line frames:
28mm & 90mm, 35mm & 135mm, 50mm & 75mm
Parallax compensation:
Yes
Physical characteristics:
Weight:
610g
Dimensions:
138x79.5x38mm

Manufacturer description

Certificate of authenticity for Canadian cameras:

This is to certify that this Leica M7 body #_______ is one of only fifty cameras issued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Ernst Leitz Canada Limited in Midland, Ontario in May of 1952.

Lisle-Kelco Limited, 3525 Nashua Drive, Mississauga, ON L4V 1R1

From the editor

A special demonstration M7 cameras produced in 2002 for Leica agencies in different countries. These cameras carried on the top plate a color reproduction of the flag of the country in which the agency was located, together, in most cases, with the text, for example "Test Camera France". For the Scandinavian countries there is only one design: the flags of all four countries, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark are superimposed on each other. In the case of Switzerland there is an outline map of the country instead of a flag and the text "Test the Best". For the Belgium agency the text on 25 of the cameras is "Photo Alpha". On the Canadian cameras the flag is replaced by the outline of a maple leaf in red and enclosing the number "50".

The following numbers of cameras were issued to each agency:

  • Australia: 6
  • Austria: 30
  • Belgium: 35
  • Brazil: 2
  • Canada: 50
  • France: 50
  • Germany: 60
  • Great Britain: 30
  • Greece: 4
  • Italy: 50
  • Korea: 30
  • Luxemburg: 8
  • Netherlands: 35
  • New Zealand: 4
  • Portugal: 10
  • Scandinavia: 25
  • Spain: 10
  • Switzerland: 40
  • USA: 100

TOTAL: 579

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