Leica M1
The Leica M1 is a 35 mm camera by Leica Camera AG, introduced in 1959. The M1 has a parallax-corrected viewfinder with frames for 35 and 50mm permanently displayed. 9431 were made.
Leica M1 body | |
Overview | |
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Type | 35 mm camera |
Lens | |
Lens mount | Leica M-mount |
Focusing | |
Focus | manual |
Exposure/metering | |
Exposure | manual |
Flash | |
Flash | none; connectors for external flashgun |
General | |
Dimensions | 138 x 77 x 33.5 mm |
Weight | 545 g |
The M1, which followed the original M3 and later M2, was the lowest-cost and simplest Leica M body, a simplified M2 without a rangefinder. It was intended to be used for technical work together with the ground-glass focussing Visoflex, a mirror reflex housing that turns a Leica M into a single-lens reflex camera.[1]
Several similar models were made simultaneously with later M-series Leicas:
- The Leica MD, a simplified M2
- The Leica MDa, a simplified M4
- The Leica MD-2, a simplified M4-2
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