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M3

slightly out of focus

About Me

M3 - 1954 - 1966 (Total 200,000 units manufactured) The M3 was introduced at the German Foto Kina exhibition in 1954. It was the first of the M series Leicas that are still manufactured today - the first interchangeable lens bayonet style Leica body. In an advertisement from 1956, it was regarded as a "lifetime investment in perfect photography"; a statement that has proven to be true after more than fifty years since its release. The M3 has a .92 magnification finder, the highest of any M camera made. The price of this high magnification was that a 35 mm lens required "goggles" which fit in front of the view/rangefinder windows to facilitate a wider view. The M3 advanced film via a lever 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 selector lever to switch between framelines. Other than that, why isn't there an unsure option for gender? I mean, how do I know for sure that I am female? I mean, I know what it says on my birth certificate, but why do I shop in the men's department? I am not entirely convinced that I am in the correct body.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

photography... and other stuff

I'd like to meet:

photographers


myspace.com/stephenb

Music:

i leica music

Movies:

i leica films

Television:

i even leica some tv

Books:

and i leica books too

My Blog

John Constable

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful....
Posted by M3 on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:08:00 PST

XA2

* Produced 1980-86 Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan * Film type 135 (35mm) * Picture size 24mm x 36mm * Weight 200g * Lens D.Zuiko 35mm 1:3.5-22 (4 elements in 3 groups) * Focal r...
Posted by M3 on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:18:00 PST

getting to know M3

the M3 is one of the last cameras to find it's way into my collection and indeed I am not interested in looking any longer. with M3, CIII and the Bessa L and an assortment of lenses and adapters so th...
Posted by M3 on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:17:00 PST

Kodak Brownie 127

One of the most popular Brownie models was the Brownie 127, millions of which were sold between 1952 and 1967. The Brownie 127 was a simple bakelite camera for 127 film which featured a simple meniscu...
Posted by M3 on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 08:32:00 PST

cameras

people sometimes ask me how many cameras I have and I just never knew the answer until yesterday when I decided to make a list.right now I am listening to WH5: Cheryls VM BacklogCheryl MerkowskiCheryl...
Posted by M3 on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:35:00 PST

cellos

I really like all music. The music I know least about is classical. But I like it. There is something sexy about classical music. It's so emotive. And you know it features as background music for thos...
Posted by M3 on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:33:00 PST

from a bulletin from a friend


Posted by M3 on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:22:00 PST

shameless blanket bomber on the attack!

It's true. I am blanket-bombing for friends.Without really looking through the profiles of my targets.I made a search. Photographers and Leica. And I selected a few to hit.One of my targets I had noti...
Posted by M3 on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:40:00 PST