echorec Posted October 6, 2007 Share #1 Posted October 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just got this: Late M3, great condition. Both lens & body were purchased in 1966 and share the same warranty card. Operation feels like a brand new camera and even the IROOA looks new. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/35159-i-love-my-m3/?do=findComment&comment=371080'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Hi echorec, Take a look here I love my M3 :-). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
echorec Posted October 6, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted October 6, 2007 ... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/35159-i-love-my-m3/?do=findComment&comment=371081'>More sharing options...
flavio Posted October 6, 2007 Share #3 Posted October 6, 2007 Wonderful! Sometime I also wondering about an M3 DS... Great machines that will last for ever with no battery, just like my M4 and Weston Master V. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted October 6, 2007 Share #4 Posted October 6, 2007 Beautiful!!! where did you get it? Ed. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
echorec Posted October 6, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted October 6, 2007 Hello Ed, I saw an ad locally (Stockholm, Sweden) and was the first caller. It was not cheap but not overpriced either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted October 6, 2007 Share #6 Posted October 6, 2007 ......you lucky dog......... . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertnl Posted October 6, 2007 Share #7 Posted October 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Awsome!!! Hardly any lightmeter traces... Congrats! Norbert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelikan1931 Posted October 7, 2007 Share #8 Posted October 7, 2007 awesome, the warranty card is original, but the box also? my understanding is that the last version of M8 comes with a red box, yours should be a mid version box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Ortego Posted October 7, 2007 Share #9 Posted October 7, 2007 Talk about being at the right place at the right time. You must be very proud, as it’s truly a beautiful package. Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted October 7, 2007 Share #10 Posted October 7, 2007 Wow, that is a beauty indeed! Congratulations. Use it often and have fun with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted October 7, 2007 Share #11 Posted October 7, 2007 Congratulatons There is something very special about an M3 - the machine who does its job over decades and is still fully useable today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted October 7, 2007 Share #12 Posted October 7, 2007 Awsome!!! Hardly any lightmeter traces...Congrats! Norbert I have no clue how people manage to get these scratches on the top cover. Both Leicameters I have are padded or have a plastics ground plate. Assuming the usual caution when handling precision tools, there shouldn't be a chance to dent it. But then the bottom cover plate of my M3 looks horrible, lots of circular scratches - someone must have cranked the camera heavily on a tripod during it's life. Obviously thought an M3 is handled like a wrench... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted October 7, 2007 Share #13 Posted October 7, 2007 Thinking about it, it can be helpful to wipe the Leicameter and top cap before mounting it. My iPod never left its leather cover since 2005, when I took it out recently, I discovered the metal back has lots of scratches. I assume some dust gets caught between the cover and metal and starts to grind by movements between iPod and cover. No chance to sell it as a collector's piece in 20 years then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron110n Posted October 7, 2007 Share #14 Posted October 7, 2007 Congratulatons There is something very special about an M3 - the machine who does its job over decades and is still fully useable today. I also don't understand why I barely use my M6 and M7 after the purchase of my M3. Maybe because 95% of my shots are B&W... Perhaps the outside attention I get when it hangs on my neck in a Leather Eveready Case. OMG!!! I'm supposed to be going digital when I'm even going backwards on this batteryless and meterless camera "that's as old as I am"... and possibly out live me. -Ron ________________ Caveman's Gallery Neolithic Artistry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicapfile Posted October 8, 2007 Share #15 Posted October 8, 2007 Leitz/Leica made many models prior to the M3, and many after the M3. The M3 will remain at the pinnacle of their bell curve though. Go ahead. Flame away. Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted October 8, 2007 Share #16 Posted October 8, 2007 Absolutely BEAUTIFUL ... and I noticed the body is complete with the white plastic buttons to cover the flash sync contacts... difficult to find if one hasn'them.. on my M4 I have 2 black buttons.. unoriginal, I fear... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted October 8, 2007 Share #17 Posted October 8, 2007 hmmm - nu är jag riktigt avundsjuk... One of the things that's kept me away from the M3 (not that I need any more cameras) is the film loading - how have you found that? btw - that really looks like a beaut! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted October 8, 2007 Share #18 Posted October 8, 2007 Probably the only thing I would change on the MP would be to include these little ridges round the viewfinder brightline rangefinder windows. All the warning you need that your fingers are straying across the windows. I know flat "looks" better, but... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion Circle Posted October 8, 2007 Share #19 Posted October 8, 2007 Beautiful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted October 8, 2007 Share #20 Posted October 8, 2007 One of the things that's kept me away from the M3 (not that I need any more cameras) is the film loading - how have you found that?! This normally works for me (made a series from post 31 on)- http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/26565-loading-film-probs-2.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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