Leica M6 TTL Rangefinder RF 35mm Film Camera with Classic 50mm Summicron f2 Lens Black
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C6AA5MFile size:
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4000 x 2662 px | 33.9 x 22.5 cm | 13.3 x 8.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2011More information:
Oskar Barnack's genius idea of creating the small format 35 mm camera created a revolution in photography in 1925, paving the way for the birth of the Leica Legend. His diminutive, lightweight Leica offered a new, undreamed-of freedom in reportage and artistic photography. From that point to the present day, Leica has had a profound influence on our view of the world we live in. And remarkably, you can still savour this sheer visual enjoyment time and time again whenever you use a Leica product to provide that unique visual perspective. The Leica M3 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera by Leica AG, introduced in 1954. It was a new starting point for Leitz, which until then had only produced screw-mount Leica cameras that were incremental improvements to its original Leica (Ur-Leica). The M3 introduced several features to the Leica, among them the combination of viewfinder and rangefinder in one bright window, like on the Contax II, and a bayonet lens mount. It was the most successful model of the M series, with over 220, 000 units sold by the time production of the M3 model ended in 1966. It was succeeded by a number of later M series cameras: M1, m2, m4, m5, m6 and including the M7 film camera which is still in production today. Currenty Leica produce two digital M cameras- the M8 and M9 bring the M series camera into the 21st Century.