Leica M3 User manual

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from it

the

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titude of confirmed

LEICA

enthusiosts

oll over the world.

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M 3 you hove

the utmost

in photogrophic

perforlhqnce,

speed,ond convenience

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in high

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opticol

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being from one doy to the next. lt most fovou

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experienceof q long trodition in the design

of scfntific instruments

with the lotest

odvonces of modern optics.

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the mony thousondsof tests

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of the elite of

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You will see

for yourself

the scope

ond precision

of the LEICA

ond

how in

monyyeors'time

will

still

be osexqct

ond

relioble

osit

isnow.

As o LEICA

owner

you hqve

of your disposol

o universol

system

photogrophic

equipment

which covers even scientific

ond technicol

photogrophy.

In its wider sense,

this system

qlso includes

the LEITZ

enlorgers

ond the LEITZ

minioture

proiectors.

And the scope

of the

proiected picture is rorely utilized to its full extent. For your

pictures,

especiolly

your colour shots,

will unfold their full beouty

only when you see

them severolfeet lorge

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I Film lronsport ond shutter

tensioning lever

2 Shutter releose button

3 Film counler

4 Shutter speed dicl

5 Reversing lever for rewinding

the film

6 Red dot on boyonet mounl of lens

7 Deloyed oction releose (self-timer)

8 Button of boyonet lock

9 lens focusing lever

lO Seleclor lever for viewfinder

| | Aperlure scole of lens

12 Deprh of field ccole

l3 Rongefinder window

14 llluminoting window for finder fromes

l5 Viewfinder window

16 Rewind knob

17 Accessory shoe

18 Flosh

socket

for flssh bulbs

19 Flash socket for electronic flqsh

2O Finder eyepiece

2l s ond b: Eyelets

for corrying strop

22 Bqse

plote locking key

23 Film indicotor

24 Tripod bush

25 Hinged comero bock

A. Tqking the Picture

l. Remove

the lenscop.Remem-

ber olso to extend ond lock

the

lensif collopsible.

2. Set operture

) ond shutter

speed (4).

View subiectthrough finder

eyepiece

(20)

ond orronge it

within the finder frome. Fo-

cuslens

on moin

pqrt

of sub-

iect (9) by getting the two

imoges

visible

in rongefinder

(20)

to fuse into one.

4. Releose

shutter

(2).

5. Work tronsport lever (l

) to

get the LEICA reody for the

next exposu

re.

Chonging

lenses

l. Depress locking button (8)

of LEICA

boyonet

!'nount,

ro-

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tote lens

to the left, o

nd lift

out.

2. To insert olternotive lens,

ploce

in position

with red dot

(6)

opposite

red

dot next

lock-

ing

button

(8),

ond

turn to the

right

until

lock engoges

oud-

ibly.

C. Inserting

lhe Film

l. Remove bose plote, swing

open comero

bock, ond with-

drqw toke-upspool.

2. Pushfilm leqderunder

spring

of toke-up

spool.

3. Insert cossette

ond toke-up

spool into comero os shown

by diogrom. (Note detqiled

instructions

on poges 24-26).

4. Check

thot teeth

of tronsport

sprocket

properly

engoge

film

perforotions,

then

bock,

reploce bose

plote,

ond lock.

Advonce

film by two fromes

to bring film counter (3)

No. 0. The comero is then

reody to shoot.

Set

film type qnd speed on

film indicotor

(23).

Unlooding

Set

reversing

lever

(5)

to "R".

Pullout

rewind

knob

(16)

ond

turn in direction

of orrow un-

til film

is rewound,ond

- of-

ter overcoming

o slight

resist-

qnce

- free of toke-upspool.

Open

bose

plote,

ond

remove

cossette.

All over

the

world the LEICA

is much

sought

ofter os o voluoble

instrument.

Moke

crnote

therefore

of the seriol No. of your

comero

ond lens.

ERNST tEIT

Subsidiory:

Ernst

List

ltt.3d/Ensl.

Z GMBH WETZ

Leitz

(Conodo)

Ltd.,

Printedin

Germony

t A R GERMANY

Midlond, Ontorio

xr ts9

LX/s

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