![]() ![]() At the time the M3 was introduced the IIIg was still in production, but the M3 made it essentially obsolete. The M3 underwent numerous changes from 1954 until its discontinuation in 1966. Many people find the M3 viewfinder to be one of the best ever made. ![]() One downside to the high magnification of the viewfinder is that, while it may be perfect for 50mm lenses, it is not suited to wide angle lenses, and so because of this you will find that many of the 35mm lenses of the time come with attached “goggles” which enables you to use the built in viewfinder. The M3 viewfinder also introduced automatic frame lines that would change when a different focal length lens was mounted. ![]() 92x magnification and so it completely changed the game. To add to that, the M3’s viewfinder was big and bright with a. Previously, you had to look in one hole of the viewfinder to focus the rangefinder, and then into another to compose. Leica’s first departure from screw mount cameras, the M3 introduced the M mount (which is still the same lens mount used to this day), the famous flip up back for film loading, combined the slow and fast shutter speed dials of previous Leicas into one dial, and combined the viewfinder and rangefinder into one window. The M3 set the standard for what all Leicas would be from then on. Not only are they beautiful, but they’re extremely well made and reliable, and that’s why they’re still being used in large numbers. ![]() The M3 has served photojournalists, street photographers, and just about every other type of photographer you can think of from its introduction in 1954 right up until today. The Mamiya C-series cameras are one of the very few twin-lens reflex cameras with interchangeable lenses, along with the Koni-Omegaflex and Zeiss Contaflex.Without a doubt the Leica M3 is simply one of the most iconic cameras ever made.
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