Imagine a Leica M6 camera then fine tune and improve it without compromising it's iron-clad reputation and practicality.
This is the new Leica M7.

Same body shell as M6 TTL. Aperture priority auto, stepless shutter speed range 1/1000th sec. to 32 seconds. Manual shutter speeds from 1/1000th sec. to 4 seconds. 2 mechanical shutter speeds, 1/125th and 1/60th second. Improved cloth shutter, extremely quiet operation. Auto exposure lock activated by slight finger pressure on shutter release (confirmation in viewfinder) Red LED numerical display of shutter speed within viewfinder. Lightning fast flash syncronisation at 1/250th, 1/500th AND 1/1000th sec. with the compatible Metz flash (54MZ-3) and SCA3502 adapter. Second curtain flash sync. with the Metz flash unit. 1/50th sec. flash sync. with Leica SF20 flash unit. DX film coding and manually set ISO film speeds. Exposure compensation 2 to -2 in 1/3 step increments. ON/OFF ergonomically designed power switch around shutter reease collar. Reliable selective TTL and TTL flash fill-in flash metering. (13% of film area) Brass top and baseplates. Camera weighs 610 grammes. Uses two DL1/3N lithium batteries. Viewfinder indication of film in camera. The first M7's have arrived.