1962 Leica M1
1962 Leica M1
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1962 Leica M1 with a Visoflex IIa reflex housing attached, also introduced in 1962. The Visoflex IIa has an optional automatic mirror return not offered on the Visoflex II.  The Visoflex attempted to turn a rangefinder camera into a psuedo SLR.  The M1 was introduced in 1959 and was intended for scientific or Visoflex use.  The M1 is an M2 without a rangefinder and the bright line finders are for 35 and 50mm only, the 90mm finder being omitted. The M1 also had the self timer and the frame line preview lever omitted. The blanked off rangefinder window has M1 engraved on it. (see picture) This example is shown with a rare black Leitz Wetzlar Elmar f3.5 / 65mm Visoflex lens and a Leitz Canada Elmarit f2.8 / 135mm telephoto lens.