Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave Munroe wrote: >Phil Kokoczka wrote: >> The M3 (ser. #709 xxx)... >>It also has a couple of depth of field tabs on the rangefinder >> patch which are really neat to use >> with the 50mm lens. >This must've been a later addition to your M3. I believe >many double-stroke models don't have it. >--Dave AND Marc James Small wrote: >At 02:31 PM 5/6/98 -0700, Dave Munroe wrote about the presence of >DOF >indicators on M3 709xxx: (and ARGH for the "xxx"!): >> >>This must've been a later addition to your M3. I believe >>many double-stroke models don't have it. >DOF indicators were added when the changeover to SS came at >919251. >However, my M3DS 864292 has 'em. I suspect that most of the later >DS's had >them. >Marc My M3 SN 709 907, a VERY early model (first year) does indeed have DOF tabs. It is a DS, no frame preview lever and glas pressure plate. I understand that later models had cut-outs and not tabs for DOF indication. What year did this happen? Could my M3 have been modified by having the rangefinder replaced? How can I find this out? (The RF patch and the frames are just as clear and bright as on a new camera. Is this an indication that the RF has been replaced?)