M3 LEICA 35mm VINTAGE LEITZ FILM CAMERA RANGE FINDER 1956
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:63954600 | Brand: Leica |
| Model: M3 | Color: Black |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany |
M3 LEICA 35mm VINTAGE LEITZ FILM CAMERA RANGE FINDER 1956. I took it to a camera shop in town and he said it appeared that it was functioning properly and that it had been well taken care of. The Ernst Leitz Weiziar lens may be worth a few hundred dollars by itself. See pictures for more details.
Vintage Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz Wetzlar 35MM Rangefinder Camera with Original Brown Leather Case and Strap, as Pictured.
Leica Camera Serial Number: 818709..., as Pictured.
Precision High Quality German Made Camera.
Vintage Leica 35MM Rangefinder Camera and Original Brown Leather Case Show in Overall Good Original Condition, as Pictured.
Vintage Leica 35MM Camera is 'Used' and Sold "as is" with No Seller Warranties Expressed or Implied. All Sales Final.
Leica M3 818709 3/26/56 816001-820500 Batch 4400Message me if you want to know the website for the serial number date.
3M (rangefinder) film series[edit]The "M" within the nomenclature of this series ofcameras comes from the first initial of "Meßsucher" (or "Messsucher"), which is the German word for "Rangefinder".· M3 – 1954–66 (Total 200, 000 unitsmanufactured) Introduced at the German photokina exhibition in 1954, the M3 was the firstof the M series Leicas, a line that is still manufactured today, and featuredthe first Leica body with a bayonet-style mount for interchangeable lenses. Inan advertisement from 1956, it was regarded as a "lifetime investment inperfect photography". The M3 has a .92 magnification finder, the highestof any M camera made. The price of this high magnification was that a35 mm lens required "goggles" that fit in front of theview/rangefinder windows to facilitate a wider view. The M3 advanced film via alever rather than knob, the first M3s required two strokes to advance the film, after 1958 M3's were single-stroke. Early M3s lacked a frame preview selectorlever to switch between framelines.
Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
Vintage Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz Wetzlar 35MM Rangefinder Camera with Original Brown Leather Case and Strap, as Pictured.
Leica Camera Serial Number: 818709..., as Pictured.
Precision High Quality German Made Camera.
Vintage Leica 35MM Rangefinder Camera and Original Brown Leather Case Show in Overall Good Original Condition, as Pictured.
Vintage Leica 35MM Camera is 'Used' and Sold "as is" with No Seller Warranties Expressed or Implied. All Sales Final.
Leica M3 818709 3/26/56 816001-820500 Batch 4400Message me if you want to know the website for the serial number date.
3M (rangefinder) film series[edit]The "M" within the nomenclature of this series ofcameras comes from the first initial of "Meßsucher" (or "Messsucher"), which is the German word for "Rangefinder".· M3 – 1954–66 (Total 200, 000 unitsmanufactured) Introduced at the German photokina exhibition in 1954, the M3 was the firstof the M series Leicas, a line that is still manufactured today, and featuredthe first Leica body with a bayonet-style mount for interchangeable lenses. Inan advertisement from 1956, it was regarded as a "lifetime investment inperfect photography". The M3 has a .92 magnification finder, the highestof any M camera made. The price of this high magnification was that a35 mm lens required "goggles" that fit in front of theview/rangefinder windows to facilitate a wider view. The M3 advanced film via alever rather than knob, the first M3s required two strokes to advance the film, after 1958 M3's were single-stroke. Early M3s lacked a frame preview selectorlever to switch between framelines.
Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
