Leica M3 (single-stroke)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Leitz GmbH
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Wetzlar
SEE ALSO: Leica M3 (double-stroke)
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1958
PRODUCTION DATES: 1958-1966
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 919251 - 1164865
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm rangefinder
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  50mm f/2.8 Elmar
  50mm f/2.0 Summicron
  50mm f/1.5 Summitar
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes

NOTES:
  Single stroke film advance beginning with ser # 919251 in 1958;
  smaller strap lugs beginning in 1959 (about ser #9630001). Usually
  seen in satin chrome finish, also produced in black enamel, olive, and
  gold finish. Olive bodies were built for the West German military and
  are usually engraved Bundeseigentum or Bundeswehreigentum.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L533.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 139

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992. pp 220.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//