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and optical designers have
quality optical
quality camera that is both
scientifically correct and remarkably easy to use successfully. The short
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will be repaid many times over by rapidly enhancing your skill as a
photographer. The LEICA'S reputation is based upon outstanding
as
ERNST LEITZ GMBH
You are now a LEICA owner! We hope that you will derive as
much pleasure and success from this camera as the multitude
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of LEICA enthusiasts in every corner of the globe.
In constructing the LEICA M3 our engineers
combined their great experience and long tradition of top-
manufacturing to produce an instrument-
time you invest in studying this little manual — with your M3 in hand
LEICA-
results, and we want yours to be as good as possible, as soon
possible!
WETZLAR, GERMANY
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strument that will yield optimum picture quality over many years of
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cessful system of photography, the LEICA SYSTEM, with an unmatched
family of interchangeable LEITZ lenses and the widest assortment of
logically conceived accessories ever supplied for a single camera. This
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lenges you place upon it. With an assortment of precision LEICA lenses
your M3 is not just a camera, but as many different cameras as you want
explaining the full range of LEITZ lenses and
brochures, and discuss them with
you'll find he's a mighty
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Your LEICA is not only a precision camera, but a ruggedly reliable in
trouble-free service. More than this, it is part of the world's most suc
means that as your skill and talent develop, with ever-widening pho
tographic horizons, your LEICA will remain equal to the greater chal
it to be. Your authorized LEICA dealer has many illustrated pamphlets
accessories for your LEICA. Please ask for these
him —
good man to get to know!
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Rapid Check-List of Basic LEICA Functions
1 Single-stroke film-advance and is
shutter-cocking lever
2 Shutter release button
3 Automatic film counter
4 Shutter speed selector dial
(couples to LEICAMETER)
5 Reversing lever for film rewinding
6 Raised red dot on lens bayonet mount
7 Delayed-action self-timer
8 Bayonet mount locking button
9 Lens focusing lever
10 Focal frame preselector lever
11 Lens aperture scale
12 Lens depth-of-field scale
13 Rangefinder window
14 Focal frame illuminating window
15 Combined range-viewfinder window
16 Film rewind knob
17 Accessory shoe
18 Locking synchro contact for flash bulbs
A. Taking the Picture
1. Remove lens cap. (If lens is a
collapsible model, extend and
lock).
2. Set lens aperture (11) and
shutter speed (4).
3. View subject through finder
eyepiece (20) and compose
picture within the bright-line
frame. Focus lens on most important subject area by turning
lever (9) until the two rangefinder images fuse into one.
4. Release shutter (2) with steady,
gentle pressure — do not jab!
5. Work advance-lever (1) to
prepare LEICA for next shot.
Train yourself to do this im-
19 Locking synchro contact for
electronic-flash units
20 Combined range-viewfinder
eyepiece lens
21 (a and b) Carrying-strap eyelets
22 Baseplate locking key
23 Film-type indicator
24 Tripod bushing
25 Hinged, flip-open camera back
mediately after each exposure
so that you're always ready for
the next — and frequently
unexpected — situation.
B. Changing Lenses
1. Depress bayonet mount locking button (8), rotate lens to the
left, and lift out.
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2. Gently insert new lens into
mount aperture so that red dot
near base of lens (6) lies opposite
red dot on camera mount near
locking button (8), and turn to the
right until lock engages with
audible "click".
C. Film Loading
1. Turn baseplate locking key (22)
to "auf — open", and remove.
Place camera upside-down with
lens towards you, and swing
open hinged back (25).
Withdraw take-up spool (which
automatically resets film
counter (3) to two marks before
"0").
2. Push end of film leader under
spring of take-up spool, holding film in left hand, take-up
spool in right, with both projecting knobs pointing up. Be
sure that perforated film edge
lies flat against upper take-up
spool flange.
diagram engraved on inner
body cover-plate. Do not pull
out more film than is needed!
4. Check that teeth of transport
sprocket properly engage film
perforations. If not, work
transport lever slightly forward
until sprockets engage.
5. Advance film by two frames to
bring counter (3) to "0". The
LEICA is now ready to shoot.
6. Set film type and speed on
indicator (23).
D. Unloading an Exposed Film
1. Set reversing lever (5) to "R".
2. Pull rewind knob (16) up and
turn in direction of arrow until a
slight resistance is felt and
overcome with an extra one or
two turns. The film is now
completely rewound and free of
the take-up spool.
3. Open baseplate and remove
film cassette.
3. Press cassette and take-up
spool into camera as shown by
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