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Leica M3: Why you should buy the first Leica M and how to choose the right one

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Mike Evans
By Mike Evans
Photo Hamish Gill
Photo Hamish Gill

Hamish Gill in Worcester has a new M3. Not a stranger to the German company’s products, Hamish has a IIIa, an M7 and has dallied with other intermediate Ms. But the M3 has eluded him until now. In choosing the right camera he had a lot to consider and his journey to the perfect M3 makes fascinating reading.

Hamish Gill takes us on a flight of fancy to the perfect M3

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