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*'''Order nos.''' - 10301-Silver, 10302-black, 10305-chrom-0.85, 10307-Hermes Edition, 10312-LHSA-hammertone'68-03, 10317-black Classic, 10120 LSHA (black paint), 10121 LSHA (chrome), 10316-anthracite, 10311-MP 6 (black paint 0.72)
*'''Production era''' - 2003-Current
*'''Variants''' - '''MP 3''' + '''MP 6''' + "á la carte" option (made to order) 2006-Current
*'''Type''' - 35 mm film rangefinder camera with mechanically controlled shutter.
*'''Lens mount''' -  Leica M bayonet mount.
*'''Stabilization''' - None.
*'''Viewfinder''' - Optical x 0.72 magnification with automatic parallax corrected framelines. Custom versions with x 0.58 & 0.85 magnification are available from the manufacturer. LED symbol for battery status. LED light balance with two triangular LEDs and a central circular LED to adjust the exposure. Triangular LEDs give the required direction to rotate the aperture dial. The LEDs flash to warn that the brightness reading is above or below the metering range.
*'''Aspect ratio''' -  3:2
*'''Flash''' - hot shoe synchronization speed 1/50s, slower shutter speeds can be used. 
*'''Film transport''' - Manual film loading after opening base plate and rear panel. Advance Manually with quick wind lever or LEICAVIT M or motorized using LEICA MOTOR M, LEICA WINDER-M, LEICA WINDER M4-P or LEICA WINDER M4-2 (from serial no. 10350). Rewind Manually with extending rewind button (rewind crank available as part of Leica "á la carte" range and attachable rewind crank available as an accessory). Frame counter On top of camera. Automatic reset after removing base plate.
*'''Film speed range''' - Manual setting from ISO 6/9 to ISO 6400/39°.
*'''Shutter''' - 1s > 1/1000s in whole increments. B for exposures of any duration. Two stage: Power up (activate exposure meter) – Release Standard thread for cable release integrated.
*'''Metering''' - Exposure metering through the lens (TTL), selectively with working aperture. Metering principle The light reflected by a metering spot in the center of the first shutter curtain. The metering spot has a diameter of 12 mm and thus corresponds to approx. 13% of the full film format or approx. 2/3 of the short side of the applicable bright line frame in the viewfinder. Metering range (for ISO 100/21°) From 0.03 to 125000 cd/m2 at room temperature, normal humidity and f/1.0. For ISO 100/21° this corresponds to EV-2 to 20 or f/1 and 4s (B setting) to f/32 and 1/1000s. Flashing of the left-hand triangular LED in the viewfinder indicates that the brightness reflected is below the metering range. Metering cell Silicon photodiode with focusing lens to the top left behind the bayonet.
*'''Power supply''' - (Only necessary for exposure metering and display) 3V from 2 silver oxide button cells, type PX 76 / SR 44 or from 1 lithium cell, type DL 1/3 N. Battery monitoring by illumination of battery warning display with light balance LEDs (1st level), light balance LEDs going out (2nd level) or all LEDs going out.
*'''Weight''' (camera body without batteries) - approx. 585 g. / 20.6 oz
*'''Dimensions''' (W x H x D without lens) - 138 x 77 x 38 mm - 5.4 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches.
*'''Camera body''' - Brass top and base plate. Silver chrome finish or black lacquered finish. Tripod thread A 1/4 (1/4") DIN in base plate.
*'''Accessories''' - LEICAVIT M ([[SYOOM]]), LEICA MOTOR M ([[MOOLY]]), LEICA WINDER-M, LEICA WINDER M4-P or LEICA WINDER M4-2 (from serial no. 10350), Leather Ever Ready Case 14871, Handgrip 14405, Lens Holder 14404
**Information from manufacturer's technical data June 2006.
*'''Manuals & brochures'''
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/images/c/c1/M-System_Brochure_en_M7_M8.pdf Leica M8 M7 MP ala Carte Brochure.pdf]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/images/5/54/MP_Instructions_en.pdf Leica MP Instructions.pdf]

== Comment ==

*'''Reviews'''
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_MP Wikipedia MP]
*'''Forum discussion'''
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/2981-flash-spiral-cord-mp-needed.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/3651-mp-quality.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/3651-mp-quality-2.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/3651-mp-quality-3.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/4982-mp-shutter-sound.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/5207-leica-mp.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/5207-leica-mp-2.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/5207-leica-mp-3.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/5560-black-paint-black-chrome-mp.html] 
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8823-m6ttl-vs-mp3.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-2.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-3.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-4.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-5.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-6.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-7.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-8.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-9.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-10.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-11.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-12.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-13.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-14.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-15.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-16.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-17.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-18.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-19.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-20.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-21.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-22.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-23.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-24.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-25.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-26.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/8842-i-love-my-mp-27.html] 
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/11520-sf24d-flash-tutorial-non-ttl-m.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/12433-m7-mp-im-interested-opinions-users.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/12433-m7-mp-im-interested-opinions-users-2.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/21685-my-lhsa-mp3-beauty.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/24103-mp-3-lhsa-question.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/27764-black-mp-3-lhsa-kit-good.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/27764-black-mp-3-lhsa-kit-good-2.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/41425-noise-levels-m7-mp.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/41425-noise-levels-m7-mp-2.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/49256-problems-mp-built-meter.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/52751-magnifier-upgraded-viewfinder.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/70489-last-film-leica-m7-mp.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/70489-last-film-leica-m7-mp-2.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/70489-last-film-leica-m7-mp-3.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/70489-last-film-leica-m7-mp-4.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/72435-what-leica-mp-3-a.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/72435-what-leica-mp-3-a-2.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/72435-what-leica-mp-3-a-3.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/76737-help-there-any-problem-my-leica.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/76737-help-there-any-problem-my-leica-2.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/78657-i-love-my-mp3.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/78657-i-love-my-mp3-2.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/78657-i-love-my-mp3-3.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/78931-film-m.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/78931-film-m-2.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/142070-mp3.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/142070-mp3-2.html MP 3]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/180611-leica-mp-3-what.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m7-mp-film-m/283202-has-anyone-recently-had-mp-viewfinder.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m7-mp-film-m/283202-has-anyone-recently-had-mp-viewfinder-2.html]

== Leica MP - MP 3 Serial Numbers ==

{| class="prettytable"
!SN Start
!SN End
!Product
!Year
!Total
|-
|2013001||*2063000||*Mini Zoom ||1994||*[50,000]
|-
|2752423||**2753000||**(not listed) ||2001||**[578]
|-
|2880101||2881100||MP 6 (black)||2002||1,000
|-
|2889101||2891100||MP (black+chrom)||2002||2,000
|-
|2921101||2924100||MP (black+chrom)||2003||3,000
|-
|2939101||2940100||MP ||2003||1,000 (500 hermès)
|-
|2940101 *||2941100||MP ||2003||1,000
|-
|2941101||2942100||MP (chrom)||2003||1,000
|-
|2942101||2942200||MP LHSA||2003||100
|-
|2947201||2947800||MP LHSA hammerschlag||2003||600
|-
|2982801||2984000||MP (chrom) ||2003||1,200 [[~2983160]]
|-
|2999401 ^||2999997||MP (chrom)||2003||597
|-
|3001001||3001595||MP LHSA hammerschlag||2003||595
|-
|3001596||3002000||MP (chrom)||2003||405
|-
|3003001||3004000||MP (black)||2004||1,000
|-
|3005001||3005600||MP antrhacit||2004||600
|-
|3005601||3008100||MP ||2004||2,500
|-
|3005758||3005772||MP antrhacit||2004||15
|-
|3005774||3006398||MP antrhacit||2004||625
|-
|3008101||3009100||MP al la carte||2004||1,000
|-
|3010101||3010600||MP SGR||2004||500
|-
|3010601||3011100||MP al la carte||2004||500
|-
|3026101||3026500||MP 3 (black)||2005||500
|-
|3026501||3027100||MP 3 (chrom)||2005||500
|-
|3027101||3027200||MP Korea||2006||100
|-
|3057201||3057300||MP 3||2006||100
|-
|3092701||3093000||MP al la carte ||2006||300
|-
|3112001||3112500||MP (chrom)||2006||500
|-
|3122101||3122297||MP titanisiert fur Japan ||2006||196
|-
| -3469415||UNKNOWN||MP (redLeather)||2008||UNKNOWN
|-
|UNKNOWN||4414684-||MP ||2006-2010||UNKNOWN
|-
|TOTAL||ASSIGNED||SERIAL NUMBERS ||1994-2006||*22,433
|-
Serial numbers compiled from [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/images/3/3e/Leica-puts-pocket-book.pdf Puts Pocket Pod] - Note: List ends in 2006<br>* Camera 2040592 is MP (chrom Hermes) said to be "1 of 500" edition<br> Camera 2940222 is MP (chrom Hermes) said to be "172 of 500" edition<br>** Cameras 2752492 & 2752494 are MP prototype (chrom) of 11 total complete with [[SYOOM]]<br>^ Camera 2999690 is [[Digilux 2]]<br>[[~ stolen camera, please report if found on sale]]
|}
hammerschlag = Grey Hammertone Finish with LHSA 35th anniversary inscription<br>
titanisiert = Titanium top and bottom with a black "emu-style" calf leather body cover.<br>
LHSA = Leica Historical Society of America<br>