M1
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- Production era - 1959-1964 > 9,650 cameras
- Code names - KOOCT 10125 (body only)
- Variants - Early models had a button rewind but this was changed to a lever at serial number 966730. jcb
- Manuals & brochures
- M1 M2 Instructions in Brief 11-36b/EN.pdf Courtesy of Joe Chan
- Reviews
Leica M1 Serial Numbers
^ Camera 1185270 is M1 (black paint)^^ Cameras 956865 & 956889 are M2 (button rewind) ^^
SN Start | SN End | Product | Year | Batch |
---|---|---|---|---|
950001 | 950300 | Leica M1 | 1959 | 300 |
952016 | 952500 | Leica M1 | 1959 | 485 |
956501^^ | 957000 | Leica M1^^ | 1959 | 500 |
966501 | 967500 | Leica M1 | 1959 | 1000 |
979501 | 980450** | Leica M1 | 1959 | 950 |
980451* | 980500* | Leica M1 (chrom+green paint)* | 1959 | 50* |
1017001 | 1017500 | Leica M1 | 1961 | 500 |
1028001 | 1028600 | Leica M1 | 1961 | 600 |
1035401 | 1035925** | Leica M1 | 1961 | 525 |
1035926* | 1036000* | Leica M1 green paint* | 1961 | 75* |
1040001 | 1040066** | Leica M1 | 1962 | 66** |
1040069** | 1040070** | Leica M1 | 1961 | 2** |
1040072** | 1040094** | Leica M1 | 1961 | 23** |
1040097** | 1040600 | Leica M1 | 1961 | 504** |
1046001 | 1046500 | Leica M1 | 1962 | 500 |
1050001 | 1050500 | Leica M1 | 1962 | 500 |
1060001 | 1060500 | Leica M1 | 1962 | 500 |
1067501 | 1067870** | Leica M1 | 1963 | 370 |
1074001 | 1074500 | Leica M1 | 1963 | 500 |
1085001 | 1085500 | Leica M1 | 1963 | 500 |
1091001 | 1091300 | Leica M1 | 1964 | 300 |
1098001 | 1098100** | Leica M1 | 1964 | 100** |
1098101* | 1098183* | Leica M1 green paint* | 1964 | 83* |
1098184** | 1098300 | Leica M1 | 1964 | 117** |
1102001 | 1102500 | Leica M1 | 1964 | 500 |
1102801 | 1102900** | Leica M1 | 1964 | 100 |
1185001 | ^ 1195000 | Leica M4 ^ | 1964 | [100] |
Total | assigned | serial numbers | 1959-1964 | 9,650 |
. * Serial numbers and batch total from Gandy's List
** Serial numbers from Serial Numbers Leica Cameras with computed batch total.
Unmarked SN's match between both lists and Gandy's batch total was used without recalculation.