SS vs DS M3 serial numbers

[ymc226]

Is there a serial number after which the M3 was single stroke?

 

[rickp]

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http://cameraquest.com/mguide.htm

 

[chippy]

Its usually reported as being from #919251 or sometimes rounded up to 1000 000

 

[ymc226]

Thanks all!

 

[marke]

My SS M3's serial number is #866_ _ _.

 

[Livesteamer]

Be aware that many older DS M3's have been changed to single strokes at some time in their life. My first M3, #802280 should be DS but at some point before I got it in 1990 it got major upgrades. It has the late model rangefinder with the dof notches and later type strap lugs. I wish it could talk. Joe

 

[former member]

cameraquest has the first batch of Single Stroke M3's with DOF masks as 919251.

A Candian batch of DS M3's is reported at 924401.

My Leica is around 985xxx, and is a Single stroke. SN's earlier than 919xxx were upgraded at the factory.

 

[kknox]

I was also told, or read somewhere that the viewfinder is a little brighter or has a blueish cast to it on the cameras over 1-mil.