M7 Serial Number. Discussion in 'Leica and Rangefinders' started by love4leica, Mar 1, 2006. Serial number blocks are reserved, and then lenses may or may not be made with these numbers. Serial numbers after 2000 are less accurate. Leica loves to do crazy.

LEICA M7 LEICA M7 (2002-today) © 2009 KenRockwell.com. All rights reserved. LEICA M7 (made today) and 50mm f/2 (1970) (22.2 oz/631g without lens, new or about if you know.. I'd get mine at or, or used. It helps me keep adding to this site when you get yours through these links, thanks! December 2015 Example Photos: (January 2009), (February 2009) and (May 2009). Service Note, July 2009: My particular M7's flaky DX reading system was repaired by Leica, so I still need to edit my whining about that out of this review.

NEW: 16 September 2009 09 June 2009 Introduction. I personally buy from,,,, and. I can't vouch for below. The LEICA M7 is a manual-focus rangefinder, automatic electronic-shutter 35mm full-frame camera. It has both manual and aperture-preferred auto exposure modes and works with all LEICA M lenses and accessories made since 1954.

'Rangefinder' means that you focus by lining-up a superimposed image in a separate viewfinder. That's the window on the top right.

Unlike SLRs, you are looking through a separate viewfinder, not through the lens. This lets rangefinder cameras weigh much less, have sharper optics, vibrate less and make less noise than SLRs which require additional prisms, mirrors and mechanics, but it also means that you can't compose anywhere near as accurately as you can with an SLR because you're never looking through the lens. This is why rangefinder cameras went obsolete overnight in the 1960s. Leica continues to make these for a minority of people who prefer small, quiet, simple cameras with superb optics over the convenience and precise composition of SLRs.

You won't appreciate this until you hold one, but the main reason to shoot one of these is because it, and its lenses, are tiny. Weigh less than three pounds, total! This light weight encourages me to hike farther and get into places I'd be too lazy to try with DSLRs. I, full-frame, by sending my film to and having them make hi-resolution, low-cost automated scans of all frames at the same time they develop my film. My results, and are sharper than anything from a 13MP DSLR. Unlike DSLRs, the M7 won't be worthless in 18 months. A LEICA M7 costs much less to own and shoot than a DSLR.

How it Feels The funniest thing about the LEICA M7 is how oddly familiar it feels. It took a while for it to dawn on me, and then I realized it's because holding a LEICA M7 feels just like holding a gun. By comparison, current cameras (Nikon, Canon, Casio, Sony, etc.) feel just like cell phones or video games. The LEICA feels as simple, mechanical, solid, precise and directly to-the-point as a handgun. It even has the same black-metal finish, not paint, enamel or epoxy like other cameras. Png To Ico Converter Software.

Just like SIG-Sauer, the LEICA is made in Germany. A LEICA M7 is about as dense as a gun: it's tiny, but weighs more than you'd expect if you're used to Oriental SLRs. The simple design of this LEICA M7 is just like the simple black design of a gun, with just a few simple mechanical controls. Exactly like a gun, the LEICA is completely devoid of any beepers, menus, rechargeable batteries, handling delays, booting-up, LCD displays or plastic.