Leica M3 manual

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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 ccol[...]

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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-up spool. 2. Push film leqder under spring of toke-up spool. 3[...]

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    All over the world the LEICA is much sought ofter os o voluoble instrument. Moke cr note therefore of the seriol No. of your comero ond lens. ERNST tEIT Subsidiory: Ernst List ltt.3d/Ensl. I Z GMBH WETZ Leitz (Conodo) Ltd., Printed in Germony t A R GERMANY Midlond, Ontorio xr ts9 tD LX/s D www.orphancameras.com[...]