Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/01

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Subject: [Leica] Old M3
From: pswango at att.net (pswango@att.net)
Date: Sat Oct 1 08:36:52 2005

Don Dory wrote:

>Today, a friend of mine loaned me(long term use) his 1955 M3 and Summarit in
>LTM with a lacquered on LTM-M adapter...

Don, I have also just 'rediscovered' the M3, although it is my own, which I 
bought in 1966.  It was CLA'd by Sherry a couple of years ago and then put 
on the shelf while I used mostly my M6.  When I got the Jupter-8 lens a few 
weeks ago I put it on the M3 just to see how it felt.  Then I decided to put 
a roll of film through it.  It was kind of a revelation, to be honest.  That 
camera feels so sweet with a 50mm lens, and the big, bright finder is a huge 
plus.  And the J8 seems to fit it particualrly well.  I'll post some 
pictures later today.  I'm always surprised at how the various M cameras 
have distinctive personalities.

Phil Swango
http://pswango.smugmug.com/