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Information about Leica - Leica products, history, persons and related knowledge.
LEITZ / LEICA PRODUCTS
From 1925 on, Leitz (then Leica) has been producing rangefinder, reflex and point & shoot cameras as well as googles, microscopes and hunting optics.
LEICA SCREW-THREAD SYSTEM
Screw-thread Bodies
Screw-thread Lenses
LEICA M SYSTEM
Film M
| Model | Production Year |
Production Quantity |
Shutter System |
Metering System |
Viewfinder/ Sensor System |
Weight (Body) |
Height | Width | Body Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M3 | 1954-1967 | x | x | None | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| M2 | 1957-1968 | x | x | None | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| M1 | 1959-1964 | x | x | None | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| MD | 1963-1966 | 3,000 | 1-1/1000+B 1/50 X |
None | 595 g | 77 mm | 138 mm | 36 mm | |
| M4 | 1967-1975 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| MDa | 1967-1975 | 14,000 | 1-1/1000+B 1/50 X |
None | 595 g | 77 mm | 138 mm | 36 mm | |
| M5 | 1971-1975 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| MD-2 | 1977-1987 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| M4-2 | 1978-1980 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| M4-P | 1981-1987 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| M6 | 1984-1999 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| M6 TTL | 1998-2003 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| MP and MP2]] | 1956-1957 | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm | |
| M7 | 2002-Current | x | x | TTL Manual & AE | 610 g | 79.5 mm | 138 mm | 38 mm | |
| MP | 2003-Current | x | x | x | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm |
Digital M
| Model | Production Year |
Production Quantity |
Shutter System |
Metering System |
Viewfinder/ Sensor System |
Weight (Body) |
Height | Width | Body Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M8 | 2006-Current | x | x | x | 10 MP | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm |
| M8.2 | 2008-Current | x | x | x | 10 MP | x g | x mm | x mm | x mm |
M Lenses
M Accessories
LEICA REFLEX SYSTEMS
Table adapted from the Leica German Wiki
| Model | Production Year |
Production Quantity |
Shutter Speed |
Metering System |
Viewfinder/
Sensor |
Weight (Body) |
Height | Width | Body Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicaflex | 1965-1968 | 37,500 | 1-1/2000 S | ||||||
| Leicaflex SL | 1968-1974 | 72,075 | 1-1/2000 S | ||||||
| Leicaflex SL2 | 1974-1976 | 25,575 | 1-1/2000 S | TTL, Selective |
Schnittkeil (3mm) Microprism (7mm) |
770 g
1.72 lb |
97 mm 3.82 in | 148 mm 5.83 lb | 57 mm 2.24 in |
| R3 | 1976-1980 | ca. 70,000 | 1-1/1000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral |
Segmented (3mm) Microprism (7mm) |
780 g
1.72 lb |
96.5 mm | 148 mm | 64.6 mm |
| R4 | 1980-1986 | ca. 100,000 | 1-1/1000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral |
Switchable dial |
630 g
1.39 lb |
88.1 mm 3.47 in | 138.5 mm 5.45 in | 60 mm 2.36 lb |
| R4S | 1983-1986 | ca. 25,000 | 1-1/1000 S | Switchable dial |
620 g
1.37 lb |
88.1 mm 3.47 in | 138.5 mm 5.45 in | 60 mm 2.36 lb | |
| R5 | 1986-1992 | ? | 1-1/2000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral |
Switchable Einstellscheibe |
625 g
1.38 lb |
88.1 mm 3.47 in | 138.5 mm 5.45 in | 62.2 mm 2.45 in |
| R-E | 1990-1994 | ? | 1-1/2000 S | Switchable Einstellscheibe |
625 g
1.38 lb |
88.1 mm 3.47 in | 138.5 mm 5.45 in | 62.2 mm 2.45 in | |
| R6 | 1988-1992 | ? | 1-1/1000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral |
Switchable Einstellscheibe |
625 g
1.38 lb |
88.1 mm 3.47 in | 138.5 mm 5.45 in | 62.2 mm 2.45 in |
| R6.2 | 1992-2002 | ? | 1-1/2000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral |
Switchable Einstellscheibe |
625 g
1.38 lb |
88.1 mm 3.47 in | 138.5 mm 5.45 in | 62.2 mm 2.45 in |
| R7 | 1992-1996 | ? | 1-1/2000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral |
Switchable Einstellscheibe |
670 g
1.48 lb |
98.8 mm 3.89 in | 138.5 mm 5.45 in | 62.2 mm 2.45 in |
| R8 | 1996-2002 | ? | 1-1/8000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral, Multi-pattern |
Switchable Einstellscheibe |
890 g
1.96 lb |
101 mm 3.98 in | 158 mm 6.22 in | 62 mm 2.44 in |
| R9 | 2002-2009
DMR 2005-7 |
? | 1-1/8000 S | TTL, Selective, Integral, Multi-pattern |
Switchable Einstellscheibe |
790 g (1395 g with DMR) 3.07 lb | 101 mm 3.98 in | 158 mm 6.22 in | 62 mm 2.44 in |
| S1 | 1996-2000 | 146 | ? | ? | 75 MP | ? | ? mm | ? mm | ? mm |
| S2 | 2009- | ? | 1-1/4000 S | ? | 37.5 MP | 1300 g w/o handgrip | ? mm | ? mm | ? mm |
Sources
- Theo Kisselbach, Das Leicaflex Buch, Heering-Verlag München, 16.-19. Tsd, 1976
- Theo Kisselbach, Die Leica R4, Heering-Verlag München, 2. Aufl., 1982
- Günter Osterloh, Leica R - Angewandte Leica Technik, Umschau Verlag, 2. Aufl., 1988
- Günter Osterloh, Leica R - Angewandte Leica Technik, Umschau Verlag, 3. Aufl., 2000