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Camera and Lens Reviews — m3

The Best of Both Worlds (The Black Paint M3)

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The Best of Both Worlds (The Black Paint M3)

  The Leica black paint M3 is probably the most coveted and most desirable of all rangefinder cameras that Leica has made. ...but why? The M3 has imprinted itself in history as 'The Best' rangefinder camera of all time. But it seems that the classic satin chrome top and bottom plates that we have grown to love on our Leica camera and lenses attract all the attention, both in good and bad ways. Pros have always wanted to be discrete, covering as much as possible on their camera to capture that elusive shot in the most inconspicuous way.  After all, the streets...

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THE BEST of the BEST Leica cameras EVER made…Leica M3 854000-858000 1957

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THE BEST of the BEST Leica cameras EVER made…Leica M3 854000-858000 1957

Many know that the M3 is the finest Rangefinder camera of all time…TRUE. What they don't know is that there is a small batch of approximately 4,000 cameras made in 1957 that have the characteristics which make it the BEST of all the M3 cameras ever made. Serial No. M3 series 854000-858000 circa 1957 characteristics: Double stroke film advance lever: specific for the early M3, shorter arm, quiet return. Later cameras have the single stroke long arm also used on the M2 with a ratchet "click, click, click..." sound return. Triangular "RABBIT EAR" lugs: Unique to the early M3 , mounted...

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