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 Leica M1 body | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 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.[1]
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.[2]
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
