LEICA FILM

M6 PRODUCTION RUN

SUB13 M6 Production Run

Designed for Leica M6 and M6 TTL, featuring a fully functional film advance lever, machined from solid titanium, hand polished and finished in bronze PVD. A detailed internal actuator sits behind a curved viewing window sculpted from optical crystal glass, enabling owners to observe the full motion of the film advance. The external lever precisely mirrors the radius of the viewing window below, blending form and function.

Production Run of 13 units.

Leica Store and Gallery Bellevue

From the M6 Production Run, built exclusively for Leica Store and Gallery Bellevue, featuring a laser engraved, hand painted orca, the official marine mammal of Washington State.

  • Fully functional underwater housing, designed for Leica M6 and M6 TTL cameras.

    Full control over manual focus and manual aperture.

  • Main body, integrated front port and backplate, CNC machined from billet 6061 aluminium, sandblasted, hard anodised black.

  • PVD coated Grade 4 titanium hardware for durability and corrosion resistance. Each piece of hardware is designed and crafted to balance form and function, from knurled handles, bolts and dials to the film advance lever and internal actuator, extending to the baseplate your camera is secured to.

  • Flat port and custom viewing windows fitted with optical crystal glass.

    Features aperture, film advance, and frame counter viewing windows. These three windows serve an important technical purpose and present engineering and manufacturing complexity.

    Flat port glass is AR coated, inside only.

  • SUMMICRON-M 28MM F/2 ASPH
    SUMMICRON-M 28MM F/2 ASPH NEW
    SUMMICRON-M 35MM F/2 ASPH
    SUMMILUX-M 35MM F/1.4 ASPH
    SUMMILUX-M 35MM F/1.4 ASPH NEW
    APO-SUMMICRON-M 35MM F/2 ASPH
    SUMMILUX-M 50MM F/1.4 ASPH NEW
    APO-SUMMICRON-M 50MM F/2 ASPH

  • Two finger grooves enable housing breakdown when pressurised.

    Three individual tripod mounts support versatile attachment options, ensuring flexibility for future accessories.

    Non slip rubber inserts protect the underside of the housing, providing stability onboard watercraft.

  • Production Run of 13 units.

    Identified by a unique serial number, laser engraved and paint filled in white.

    Raw machined finishes and XXX serial numbers are reserved for prototypes.

  • Independently certified to the maximum recreational scuba diving depth of 40 m / 130 ft by DOER Marine, founded by Dr Sylvia Earle.

  • 3.6 kg / 7.9 lb

“We set out to create something monumental. What followed is one of our most thoughtful designs. If you can’t minimise it, speak to it, which is how the curved film advance window was conceived. It remains my favourite detail. A single production run, without compromise. Shaped by trial and error, over more than a year.”