M-A 127

• Camera type - Leica M-A (type 127) compact, 35 mm rangefinder system camera with a mechanically controlled shutter
• Lens mount - Leica M-Bayonet

Lens system - Leica M-Lenses, 16 – 135 mm

• Exposure control - Manual setting of shutter speed and aperture with values from an external exposure meter or by estimation

Flash exposure control

Flash connection - Hot shoe – accessory shoe with center contact

Synchronization - On first shutter curtain

Flash exposure control - Computer control by the flash unit or guide number calculation and manual setting of the required aperture value

• Viewfinder

Viewfinder principle - Large, bright, combined bright-line viewfinder with automatic parallax compensation

Eyepiece - Adjusted to –0.5 diopters; correction lenses available for –3 to +3 diopters

Image field framing - By projection of pairs of bright-line frames for 28 and 90 mm, 35 and 135 mm, 50 and 75 mm lenses; automatic display of corresponding frames when lenses are locked into the bayonet mount

Frame selector - Lever enabling alternative frame pairs to be displayed in the viewfinder without changing lenses (e.g. for framing comparisons)

Parallax compensation - The horizontal and vertical differences between the viewfinder and lens axes are automatically compensated for in relation to the focusing distance

Concordance of viewfinder and film image - The bright-line frame size corresponds to an image size of approx. 23 × 35 mm at the minimum focusing distance for all focal lengths; focused at infinity, and depending on the focal length, approx. 9% (28 mm) to 23% (135 mm) more will be captured on the film than is shown in the corresponding brightline frame

Magnification - 0.72 × (for all lenses)

Long-base rangefinder - Coincident and superimposed image rangefinder, shown as a bright field at the center of the viewfinder image

Effective rangefinder base - 49.9 mm (mechanical rangefinder base 69.25 mm × viewfinder magnification 0.72 ×)

• Shutter and shutter release

Shutter - Horizontal rubberised-cloth focal plane shutter; extremely low noise; mechanically controlled

Shutter speeds - From 1 s to 1/1000 s in one-stop increments, B for exposure times of arbitrary length

Shutter release - Standard internal thread for remote-release cables

• Film loading, advance and rewinding

Loading - Manual loading after removal of the base and opening the rear flap

Film advance - Manually, with rapid wind lever or Leicavit M; motorised, with Leica Motor-M, Leica Winder-M, Leica Winder M4-P or Leica Winder M4-2 (from article number 10 350)

Rewinding - Manual, pull-out rewind knob after disconnecting the advance mechanism with the R-lever on the front of the camera

Frame counter - On camera top plate; automatically reset when camera baseplate removed

• Camera body

Material - One-piece full-metal body with rear flap; top deck and baseplate in brass with black or silver chrome finish

Tripod bush - Thread A 1 /4, DIN 4503 (1 /4")

Rear flap /features - Reminder dial for film sensitivity

Dimensions (length × depth × height) - Approx. 138 × 38 × 77 mm

Weight - Approx. 578 g

• Package includes - Body cap and carrying strap

Manufacturer's technical data as of September 2014