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Leica M-A Summilux 1.4/35 Classic
My first film with my 2026 brand-new Leica M-A and the Summilux 1.4/35mm lens (see below details about the camera and the lens) was quite an emotion. I am trained to test many sorts of old camera’s of my collection, but doing so with brand-new camera is exceptional. It is an exception because in 2026 there are just a few possibilities of buying new film camera’s. My last one was the Pentax 17 in April 2025. Leica is the very last camera manufacturer still constructing and distributing « professional » grade film camera’s : their Leica M6 (produced again since 2022), the Leica MP (since 2003) and this Leica M-A (since 2014).
The Leica M-A is a Leica M of the same grade as my Leica M3 year 1956, so I had no question about the camera manipulation. The lens was however new to me and I had never used a Summilux 1:1.4 f=35mm with such wide apertu. Most of my unknowns were then about the lens.
I exposed the Kodak Tri-X film included in the delivery kit of my Leica M-A over two consecutive days: February 11 (views 1-20) and Feb. 12 (views 21-35), 2026 in Lyon, France. On the first day the weather was suitable for an outdoor session. I choose to goes to the cemetery of my district (Lyon Croix Rousse) because the funeral arts are full of details and textures that are interesting to test the lens with small-medium) apertures (f/4.5 to f/16). Due to a more degraded weather he day after with rain, I went to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière t expose the rest in subdued light and larger aperture (full aperture f/1.4 to f/3.5).
The Summilux lens was equipped with a protective Leica UVa II filter E46 13034 and the Leica specific screw-on (E46) shade hood 12486. The camera was hold and secured using the vintage Leica ever-ready leather bag prepared for the M-A with the leather neck strap of the bag.
Expositions were determined for 400 ISO using my trusted Minolta Autometer III (1985) equipped either with a 10° finder for selective metering privileging the shadow area’s. Focus was obtained using the built-in optical range finder of the Leica M-A exceptionaly bright and clear even in subdued light.
View Nr. 8: 1/500s f/16 focusing at 2.5m.
Cimetière de la Croix Rousse, February 11, 2026
Rue Philippe de Lassalle
69004 Lyon
After completion to view Nr. 35 the film was processed using Adox Adonal developer at 1+50 dilution, 20°C, for 14min.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) fitted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The diffuse light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version of Adobe Lightroom 15 (15.1.1, January 2026) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as print files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About the camera :
On February 3, 2026, I took my partly delivered order of January, 2026, at the Leica Boutique, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France. I did this order between two short stays at
Hospital Edouard Herriot to have surgeries. It helped me a lot during these medical sessions to take an external source of distraction, not focused on the surgery moment upsetting necessities.
My project was initially based on the still existing film Leica M camera’s production maintained active today in Wetzlar, Germany. Leica Camera AG offers today for sale 3 film camera’s available in different finishes. These are the Leica M6, Leica M-P and Leica M-A on the margin of a very diverse range of digital Leica camera’s. The M-P and M-A are produced since 2014 and are likely the closest camera’s to the original first Leica M3 in (1954-1966). It is possible that Leica maintained their M film camera’sjust to sustain their iconic heritage in the history of the company.
The Leica M survived a time in the 1970-1980’s due to a modified production (Leica M4-2 then M6) by the Leitz Canada branch that closed in 1990. The Leica M6 was then again produced in Germany followed by the Leica M7. The further versions of Leica M8 to M11 today are digital camera’s.
I own in my camera collection since April 2024, a venerable standing Leica M3 year 1956 that is now, in 2026, 70-year old and in perfect optical and mechanical condition with a single and well matched Summicron 2/5cm. The camera is equipped as shown in the first commercial brochure of the Leica M3 in 1954 (standard lens, bag, shade hood). In general, when practicing photography, it is sometime safe to have a « backup » camera of the same type to be still operant in case of one camera failure. I was then amused to backup my Leica M3 by one of these brand-new produced Leica M.
The Leica M-A is the closest to my M3. It is purely mechanical camera, without any electrical on electronic circuitries. Intentionally, the Leica M-A has resurected some of the Leica M3 and Leica M2 (1958-1967) features as the metal advance lever, frame counter, engraving, rewind button, and of course their exact shape and dimensions. The front top cover is designed like the M2 with flat optical windows.
The complex range-finder combined to a framed viewer, including an automatic parallax compensation existed in different versions. The viewer of the Leica M3 was however never been mounted on other Leica M than the M3’s . The 0.91 magnification and its design made for focales 5, 9 and 13.5cm was modified on the Leica M-2 to enlarge the direct use of the viewer to the wide angle 35mm lenses to prise of a smaller magnification. The Leica M-A has o 0.72 magnification capable to display the 28mm frames. As a consequence the Leica M-A is more oriented to a common use of 28 and 35mm lenses.
I choose finally to order a M-A in the chrome silver finish with engraving resembling to the M3/M2 camera’s with a base lens Summilux 1.4/35mm « Classic » that mimics the original lens of 60’s, It was a formidable gift !. Ordering was however not so simple. At first, I was told that the Leica M-A production would be discontinued in Wetzlar … Arguing that the camera is still offered for sale of the on-line French website, I finally got an available box in stock in Wetzlar that was shipped straight to Lyon in 4-5 days. The lens was more slow to get, and I am still waiting.
I could however enjoy the pleasure of comparing in hands my 1956 Leica M3 and my 2026 Leica-M-A. The 70-year old Summicron 2/5cm (branded at this time « Ernst Leitz Wetzlar » fits smoothly and exactly to the M-A and the 50mm frame is automatically selected. The range-finder operates accurately. There is something fantastic to see the two camera side to side separated by 70 years. Installed in the vintage ever-ready leather bag I prepared for the Leica M-A, it is quite hard to detect at a first look that the M-A is a new camera.
The viewer is may be more contrasted due to an extensive AR-coating of of elements and the shutter has not the strange little noises that occurs on the M3 for the slow speeds, but essentially the two camera’s are indeed and undoudtly Leica’s M ! The grandfather and the grandson are so ressemblant.
About the lens :
After the delivery of my Leica M-A camera body the week before, I had the second part of my order on February 10, 2026, at the Leica Boutique, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France. I did this order in early January 2026, between two short stays at Hospital Edouard Herriot to have surgeries. It helped me a lot during these medical sessions to take an external source of distraction, not focused on the surgery moment upsetting necessities.
My brand-new 2026 Leica M-A (produced since 2014 by Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, Germany) has the mixed technical features of the original Leica M3 (1954-1966) and Leica M2 (1958-1967). In particular the viewfinder system of the today M-A is inherited of the Leica M2 with a 0.72 magnification that allows the direct view field of a 35mm focal length. On the M3 , with its specific 0.91 magnification viewer, the use of 35mm lenses requires an external optical viewfinder or external optical correction of the built-in viewfinder. As a consequence the M3 appears optimal for the focal of 5, 9 and 13.5cm while the M2 appears more wide-angle lens oriented. The viewfinder of he M-A allows additionally also the framing of 28mm lens.
My idea was then to equip my M-A of a brand-new companion Leica 35mm lens of the current Leica production. The choice felt on the re-edition of an iconic 35mm Leica lens of the 60’s : a Summilux 1.4/35mm that first introduced to the market in 1961 as the first f/1.4 aperture 35mm lens.. This lens was as a modified double Gauss formula keeping the lens compact and not too heavy. The lens was soon highly reputed, especially in the photojournalism domain.
The « Steel Rim » describes a stainless steel ring mounted on the lens front to hold the shade hood. When looking at the optical scheme the modern version of the lens is not exactly the same but Leica keeper the major characteristic with a special softness at wide aperture 1.4 to 2.8 that miked the success of the lens at the time.
Receiving of a brand-new Leica lens is a not so common moment. The lens was packaged in Wetzlar on January 16, 2026 and delivered to the Leica boutique, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France on February, 10, 2026 where I took the precious package. We opened the boxes in the shop and had a good discussion staring at the jewel. When picking-up the lens I did not had my M-A body with me but we tried the mount on another second-hand M-A.
The lens is delivered by default with two shade hoods and rear/front ens caps. The replica of the original lens hood fits, clip-on , to the famous « »stieel rim » but is not curiously usable with filters. The second modern one was designed to be used with the E46 screwed filters. The seller offered for free a Leica UVa II, E46 filter (sliver decor) and a Leica clip-on lens cap E46 to be used with a filter because the default one is a bit too large with a filter on place on the lens. The package includes also a protective Leica black lens pouch, proof certificate and booklet.
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