Leica M3 Camera with 50mm f/1.4 lens
date: label: date made
content: 1960
name: label: maker
content: Leica
notes: label: Description
content: This model M3 has a lever wind that only requires a single stroke to advance the film. Early models required two strokes. The Summilux lens was the first Leica lens with an aperture as fast as f/1.4. Complete with Summilux lens hood. The selenium cell MC meter mounted on the camera couples to the shutter speed dial. The lens aperture required can be read off the meter dial after the shutter speed has been selected.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Leica Cameras
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Gus W. Weiss, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0333.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0333
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0333.01
label: serial number
content: 999396
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 17.5 cm x 9 cm; 4 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 9/16 in