Konica IIIM
The Konica IIIM is a fixed lens, 35mm rangefinder camera, introduced in March of 1959, as a sister camera to the IIIA. The biggest difference between the two cameras being that the IIIM includes a selenium cell light meter and features the capability to switch into a half-frame mode - the viewfinder even includes framelines for half-frame composition.
The IIIM also features an excellent 50mm f/1.8 lens in front of a leaf shutter. In a quirk of the design, the film advance lever is located to the side of the lens, rather than the top (or bottom) of the camera. This dual stroke mechanism allows the photographer to fire the shutter with their right finger and advance the film with their left finger, all without ever taking their eye from the viewfinder. Speaking of viewfinders, the IIIM boasts a large and lovely finder window that has a 1x magnification, so savvy photographers can keep both eyes open with the left peering around the camera watching what is going on outside of the frame the that right sees inside the camera. The framelines within the viewfinder also correct for parallax and field of view, as the lens is focused closer.
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