The Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 is a miniature replica camera with the outer appearance of an old Leica M3

Leica M3

The Leica M3 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera by Leica AG, introduced in 1954. It was a new starting point for Leitz, which until then had only produced screw-mount Leica cameras that were incremental improvements to its original Leica...

 viewfinder camera. It comes delivered in a massive wooden box. Its digital camera processor is made by Zoran

Zoran

Zoran is a common Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means dawn, daybreak.-People with this given name:*Zoran Abadić - Serbian architect*Zoran Bečić - Bosnian Serb actor...

. Its body is made of metal, covered with leatherette. Some of the metal levers are movable but without function. The camera is very small and light. A special flash in oldtime style is available for Minox's series of classic analog and digital replicas. Two buttons and the 2 digit display are the user interface, a special USB-cable must be plugged in as a computer interface. Despite its proper image quality it could also be seen as a toy camera

Toy camera

Toy cameras are simple, inexpensive film box cameras made almost entirely out of plastic, often including the lens. The term is misleading, since they are not merely 'toys' but are in fact capable of taking photographs. Many were made to be given away as novelties or prizes...

, or even better as a 'model camera'. In webcam mode it has only a resolution of 320x240 pixels.

Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 2.1 (or 3.0)

• Type: digital fixed-focus camera
• Manufacturer: Minox
  Minox
  The Minox is a subminiature camera conceived in 1922 and invented in 1936 by German-Latvian Walter Zapp, which Latvian factory VEF manufactured from 1937 to 1943. After World War II, the camera was redesigned and production resumed in Germany in 1948. Originally envisioned as a luxury item, it...
  
  
• Lens: Minoctar 1:2.8/9.6mm (5 elements, glass lenses plus infrared filter), like 48mm for 35mm film
• Sensor: 2.1 megapixel CMOS (1600x1200 pixels), ISO 100
• Memory: 32 MB, readable by PC through USB-cable
• Viewfinder: Galilei type optical finder
• Display: 2 digit (shows exposure countdown and mode)
• Exposure: auto exposure
• dimensions: 65 x 48 x 44 mm
• weight: 98 g without CR2 battery

Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 1.3

• Lens: 1:3.0/10.3mm (5 elements, glass lenses plus infrared filter), like 50mm for 35mm film
• Sensor: 1.3 megapixel CMOS (1280 x 960 pixels)
• weight: 95 g without CR2 battery

Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 4.0

• Lens: 1:2.8/9.6mm (5 elements, glass lenses plus infrared filter), like 48mm for 35mm film
• Sensor: 3.2 megapixel CMOS (2048 x 1536 pixels)
• weight: 95 g without CR2 battery

Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 5.0

This is the first version with a LCD Screen and a SD slot.

• Sensor : 5,0 megapixels, CMOS (2.060 x 1.920 pixels)
• Video : 320 x 240 pixels
• Internal memory : 32 MB
• Screen : 1,5" TFT LCD
• Dimensions : 74mm x 47mm x 44mm

External links

• Minox Leica M3 4.0 Mpix at www.collection-appareils.com