OK OK why do I need an M3?

[Skinny McGee]

I really think I need an M3 (says the little devil on my left shoulder). The little angle on my right shoulder is saying " you have a perfect 111A that you love to shoot. What could the M3 give you it can't."

I know thumb lever. i know coupled finder. I know access to more lenses. But it doesn't have an ttl meter. It does have the framelines, :bang: but I have a finder.

Ah hell! i hate it when this happend.

 

[FrankS]

One good reason is the finder.

 

[peter_n]

About the only reason is maybe the 0.91 finder magnification - awesome if you need to use longer focal length lenses a lot. But the problem is the M3 doesn't have 35mm framelines! 🙁

Answer: a 0.85 mag M6 or M6TTL. You get the extra magnification and the 35mm framelines and the TTL meter!!

What could be better? 😀

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

What about..."it is your des-ti-ny" 😉

 

[dominicLF]

TTL is for little kids. Get the Gossen Digi-Flash and it will change you life (and your 111a).

of course, you'll still need and M3.....

 

[Honu-Hugger]

No comment...😀

 

[vincentbenoit]

I really think I need an M3 (says the little devil on my left shoulder).

Consider yourself lucky to need a camera that does exist... I need a Zeiss Ikon! (and a black one at that).
Cheers
Vincent

 

[Honu-Hugger]

Consider yourself lucky to need a camera that does exist... I need a Zeiss Ikon! (and a black one at that).
Cheers
Vincent

Like this, or something a little more recent? 😉

 

[vincentbenoit]

Like this, or something a little more recent? 😉

You know which one I'm talking about...http://www.zeissikon.com/camera.htm

 

[Todd.Hanz]

if you have to ask.............

 

[rover]

You will understand when you get it in your hands.

TTL is nice, 35mm framelines are nice, everything other cameras offer are nice....

Guess what spend the most time in my hands.

You need an M3.

(How was that Brian?)

 

[back alley]

I think I wanna sell everything again.


talk to me first and wait till the fall!

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Pretty good Rover, Let me try.

It has the best viewfinder ever created in the known course of history.

And the shutter is pretty quiet. So quiet that when I first used my Single-Stroke M3 I thought it was not opening until I got the pictures back.

Advance is smooth like butter, the engineers did not have to compromise to accommodate a motor-wind attachment.

Lenses are damn good, but they work on the other M cameras too.

 

[taffer]

Name says it all...

M3 -> 3M -> three-em -> try them... and you'll know :angel:

 

[vincentbenoit]

I respectfully disagree...

I respectfully disagree...

It has the best viewfinder ever created in the known course of history.

I respectfully disagree with this statement... For a wide-angle-user and spectacle-wearer like me the M3 viewfinder is near the bottom of the list in terms of usability.
Cheers
Vincent

 

[dominicLF]

I respectfully disagree with this statement... For a wide-angle-user and spectacle-wearer like me the M3 viewfinder is near the bottom of the list in terms of usability.
Cheers
Vincent

Vincent, I just checked out your photos. They're supurb!

I am curious. What is at the top of your list?

 

[vincentbenoit]

I am curious. What is at the top of your list?

Well, I'd really like a viewfinder with usable 28mm framelines (usable for me, considering that I wear glasses), so the list is pretty short - Leica .58, Konica Hexar, that's about it. But I have high expectations of the upcoming Zeiss Ikon with its .74, high-eyepoint finder and large base rangefinder.
Cheers
Vincent

 

[RObert Budding]

Vincent - Your photos really are exceptional. The textures and tones are fantastic! What film are you shooting and how do you process? And maybe I should borrow your glasses so that I could see as well as you see.

Robert

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The M3 has the most optically advanced/complex viewfinder of the M series. Probably this was made possible because of its high-magnification of 0.9x. It is free from RF-patch flare. The M2 and subsequent viewfinders accommodated wide-angle lenses, but used a simplified optical design. This resulted in some problems with RF patch flare. The M3 Single Stroke viewfinder is better for eye-glass wearers such as myself, it has a larger eyepiece than the Double Stroke version. I do not have any problems seeing the outermost framelines with my worse than 20x200 correctable vision with the M3DS, M3SS, or M2. I cannot say the same about my Nikon S3. The SP is not a problem, but goes to 50mm lines with the main viewfinder.

Erwin Puts article on the M Series Viewfinders:
http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/technics/RFbasics/rfissues.html

And from the Leica FAQ compiled and Edited by Andrew Nemeth
http://www.nemeng.com/leica/002be.shtml

 

[Nivin]

Simple, inspiration.
Its probably not going to give you any better photo's quality wise compared to your camera that you have now, but if it inspires you and makes you feel like a better photographer, then do it, it will come acorss in your photos.
My 2 cents anyway.