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18 September 2023, External 19th CIVEX Commission
Romania - Timisoara - September 2023
© Amariei Dani
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.
February 4, 2026
69004 Lyon
France
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met the delegation from United States of America on the sidelines of 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2025
A diagram of the multi-layered defenses in place at the time of the battle. Today almost nothing remains of the earthworks outside the fort.
At Fort McHenry, Baltimore.
The Church od Santa Maria Dei Gracia in Milan. Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" is housed in the building just to the left.
My old internal drive converted to an external drive. The most difficult part of replacing the hard drive was dealing with the 4 annoying mounting screws, which are needed to keep the drive in place in the MacBook. You're supposed to take them out of the old drive if the new one doesn't have them, but it was impossible to get them out. I did manage to find 4 screws the same size. Unfortunately they prevented the old drive from mounting properly in the external case.
Photos from the 16th in-person convening of the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change: Belonging in the Age of Machines: Reimagining the Soul of Media. This program took place between July 15 and 31, 2024. If using a photo for external publication, please credit Salzburg Global Seminar/Christian Streili.
External - dry dash finish, rub up sand and cement plinths.
Internal - plasterboard and skim and coving.
My external HD decided to stop being recognized in the middle of me listening to music on it. Not sure what the problem is, but it lies in that little silver box. Curse you, little silver box!
Preparation for external rendering at a Rockwill Developments Ltd site in Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees
External - rub up sand and cement, dry dash finish.
Internal - plasterboard, slab and skim. Dividing walls and stairways sand and cement and skim.
External - rub up sand and cement, dry dash finish.
Internal - plasterboard, slab and skim. Dividing walls and stairways sand and cement and skim.