# @joshuashultz on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdxAQMNuBYE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71105101-joshuashultz-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-26T21:30:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** JOSHUA SHULTZ (@joshuashultz) — https://gondola.cc/joshuashultz

## Caption

For as long as I can remember, this has been one of my dream cameras.

The Leica M3 leica_camera 

Introduced in 1954, the M3 changed photography forever. It was the first Leica M camera, introducing the legendary M-Mount system that photographers still use more than 70 years later. Its bright combined rangefinder/viewfinder, rapid film advance lever, and precision engineering made it a favorite of photojournalists, street photographers, and artists around the world. More than 220,000 were produced, and many still consider it one of the greatest cameras ever made. (Leica Camera⁠)

There’s something special about holding a piece of photographic history in your hands. No menus. No distractions. Just light, composition, and the moment.

After years of wanting one, I finally have my Leica M3, and I can’t wait to put some film through it and create images with a camera that helped shape the history of photography.

What film stock should I load first? 📸
#LeicaM3 #Leica #FilmPhotography #Rangefinder #ShootFilm

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## Tags

filmphotography, leica, shootfilm, leicam3, rangefinder

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