Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<< Robert Beaudoin wrote: > > Bonjour, > > I was just offered to purchase a late series M3. However, the camera has > no lens release guard or collar. Can anybody tell me if this is a common > feature amongst late M3 s or has the camera been tampered with? >> What you've got is the limited-production and thus extremely rare and collectible M3F (Frauleiner) model which lacked the release guard because women had complained that the guard was a source of broken nails and chipped polish. Remember, that was in the days before Lee press-on's. DT