Leica M3 - Variations - Glass vs Metal Pressure Plate
Leica M3 - Variations - Frameline Preview Lever
Leica M3 - Variations - Shutter Speed Dial
Leica M3 - Variations - Strap Lugs
Leica M3 - Presence
Leica M3 Dual Stroke - Toughness
Leica M3 featuring the Thambar 9cm f2.2 Soft Focus Lens
Leica M3 with 50mm f2 Summicron v5
Leica M3 Shutter Sound
Leica M3
Leica M3 with a Zunow 5cm f/1.1
Leica M3
Peter's Leica M3
Peter's Leica M3 and Rolleiflex Automat MX-EVS
Leica M3 with the 50mm f/2 DR
Leica M3: Small Straight
Leica M3
Leica M3
Leica M3 and some glorious light
Leica M3 - The Mountains are Calling
Leica M3
Leica M3 - Variations - Shutter Speed Dial
Early Leica M3 cameras built before 1957 (serial numbers through 854,000) were fitted with shiny chrome shutter speed dials that read in the old "Scientific" shutter speed sequence: B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000. Cameras with serial numbers 854,001- replaced this with a satin-finish shutter speed dial that matches the rest of the camera body and reads in the now-standard "Geometric" sequence: B, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 1000. Satin shutter dials also feature a red "flash bolt" detent indicating the max flash sync at 1/50th. Both chrome and satin shutter dials can be set to intermediate speeds between the detents to achieve non-standard speeds, meaning that 1/60th is possible, if slightly cumbersome, on an older chrome-dialed camera. A final consideration is that later Leicameters such as the MR-4 will not couple properly to the earlier "Scientific" dials.