| Camera Name: | Leica M1 |
| Type: | 35 mm camera |
| Lens Mount: | Leica M-mount |
| Focus: | manual |
| Exposure: | manual |
| Flash: | none; connectors for external flashgun |
| Dimensions: | 138 x 77 x 33.5 mm |
| Weight: | 545 g |
The Leica M1 is a 35 mm camera by Leica Camera AG, introduced in 1959. The M1 has a parallax-corrected viewfinder with frames for 35 and 50mm permanently displayed. 9431 were made.[1]
The M1, which followed the original M3 and later M2, was the lowest-cost and simplest Leica M body, a simplified M2 without a rangefinder. It was intended to be used for technical work together with the ground-glass focussing Visoflex, a mirror reflex housing that turns a Leica M into a single-lens reflex camera.[2]
Several similar models were made simultaneously with later M-series Leicas: