Image

MODEL

Leica

M3D

Year

1955-2016

Low serial no.

1

High serial no.

4 915 020

Total

21

Variants

3

MODEL

Leica

M3D

Year

1955-2016

Low serial no.

1

High serial no.

4 915 020

Total

21

Variants

3

Model Description

The M3D was a specially prepared version of the M3 associated with LIFE photographer David Douglas Duncan. Four black-painted cameras were made for Duncan in the 1950s and equipped for rapid film advance with a Leicavit. Sixteen later commemorative cameras were produced in the same spirit, followed by the unique M3D-100 in 2016, assembled using surviving period components. In total, 21 cameras are recorded under the M3D name. The original M3Ds were working professional cameras rather than collector editions and helped inform Leica’s development of the first MP.

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Production Quantity by Year

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