[Leica] How to examine a used M3

[jklu at sas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey Lu)]

I bought a used one, too, a while back.

These guidelines are pretty good: http://www.cameraquest.com/mguide.htm 
  Scroll about 4/5 the way down.

And remember the viewfinder has a blue tint and the rangefinder yellow 
- this freaked me out at first when I received it in the mail, and then 
i found that was the design.

Jeff

On Oct 10, 2004, at 5:08 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> One of the local photo emporiums has a late-model M3 for sale on
> consignment (I assume).
>
> It LOOKS good and he's asking something like $800.
>
> So how do I check this puppy out? Yeah, it's been years since I bought
> a used camera - in fact since I was in college and bought a Leica IIIg
> from Brooks Camera in SF.
>
> The price seems in-line with reality.