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    The Leica M3 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera by Ernst Leitz GmbH (now Leica Camera AG), introduced in 1954. It was a new starting point for Leitz, which...
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    The Leica M mount is a camera lens mount introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3, and a range of lenses. It has been used on all the Leica M-series cameras...
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    long line of cameras since the Leica M3 was introduced in 1954. The camera uses the Leica M-mount, which accepts all Leica bayonet-mount lenses (21 mm through...
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    Leica MP, but staying true to the design of the M6. The M6 incorporates a light meter within the body dimensions established by the previous Leica M3...
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    was considered to be a more affordable, simplified version of the 1954 Leica M3. Notably, the frame counter of the M2 was composed of a disk plate beneath...
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    late versions of the Leica II and the Leica III through the 1950s. However, in 1954, Leitz introduced the Leica M3, with the new Leica M mount, a bayonet-like...
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    occurred with the introduction of the Leica M3, allowing quick framing and focusing in a single operation. The M3 viewfinder is also able to display viewlines...
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  • M3 – 1954–1966 (Total 200,000 units manufactured) Introduced at the German photokina exhibition in 1954, the M3 was the first of the M series Leicas,...
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  • internally mounted expansion cards Leica M3, a landmark 35mm rangefinder camera Modula-3 (M3), a programming language M3, a British peak programme meter...
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  • The Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 is a miniature replica camera made by Minox with the outward appearance of a Leica M3 viewfinder camera. It has a digital...
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    The Leica M4 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera produced by Ernst Leitz GmbH. The M4 started production in November 1966, as the direct successor of the M3 and...
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    the Leica M-P was based on that of the 35 mm film Leica MP released in 2003. It harks back to the 1950s and the first M mount camera; the Leica M3. The...
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    1, was a clone of the Leica II. Unification of the rangefinder and the viewfinder occurred with the introduction of the Leica M3, allowing quick framing...
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  • camera is Leica's first purely mechanical camera since the release of the Leica M4-P in 1981. The Leica M-A is very similar to the Leica M3, which was...
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    The Leica CL is a 35mm compact rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses in the Leica M-mount. It was developed in collaboration with Minolta who...
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    The M5 departed from the traditional silhouette of Leica rangefinders that had few changes since the M3 (1954). The height and width of the body were larger...
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    contemporaries included the Zorki S, Zorki 2S, FED 2b, Leica M3 (introduced two years before), Leica IIIg, Nikon S2, Canon VT, and Canon L1. The Zorki 4's...
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    were made. The M1, which followed the original M3 and later M2, was the lowest-cost and simplest Leica M body, a simplified M2 without a rangefinder....
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    first Leica M series to support film DX encoding and exposure compensation using the dial that has been on the back of Leica cameras since the M3. Originally...
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    reportage. In this niche, the Canon 7 came into direct competition with the Leica M3. Some Canon 7s were sold in the US branded Bell & Howell, in a partnership...
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  • This is a list of Leica cameras. Leica Camera AG is a German optics company which produces Leica cameras. The predecessor of the company, formerly known...
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  • walking the streets of New York City taking street photographs with a Leica M3. US CD single "Carnival" – 5:59 "I May Know the Word" – 8:01 US cassette...
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    first became interested in photography when his grandfather gave him a Leica M3 camera as a present. The Jarché family was originally named Jarchy, and...
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    past, manufactured by Sharan Megahouse of Japan, including: Leica If Leica IIIf Leica M3 Rolleiflex TLR Zeiss Contax I Hasselblad SWC. All these retro...
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  • 65 years of work, but since 1952, he has been using Leica cameras, mainly his favourite Leica M3. He uses 35 mm and 50 mm lenses for his work. Plicka...
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  • capable of shooting 6 frames per second. The camera was about the size of a Leica M3 and weighed 907g (almost 2 pounds). It was equipped with a Schneider Xenar...
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    from mostly northern England, and Ireland, in black-and-white. He used a Leica M3 with a 35 mm lens; although for Bad Weather he quickly switched to an underwater...
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    Vitessa (1951, West Germany) and the Leitz Summicron 50mm f/2: 125  for the Leica M3 (1953, West Germany). A notable, but largely-forgotten, use of the Double-Gauss...
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    exposure value but an aperture value to be set "uncoupled" Examples of Leica and Tessina are shown in the photographs User manual of Zenith E photocamera...
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    Hexar RF is similar in form-factor to Leica M-mount cameras, being slightly larger than the archetypal Leica M3 design in all dimensions, and just slightly...
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