Originally posted by Lord Lucan ...
I have owned neither, but I understand that the only difference other than some cosmetic ones was that the P3 had a screwed-in battery cover and the P3N had a hinged cover. I'd be interested to know of any other differences.
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- The P3 had a metal film door, metal bottom plate, and if I remember correctly no thumb rest.
- some P3's have a focus screen where the microprisim part around the slit image is rectangular instead of round
- some P3's do not have a cable release attachment point
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Outside the USA the P3 was known as the P30 by the way.
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I did know that. I guess I just forgot to put it in my post.
There is also the P3t/P30t, which has a different body color scheme and a diagonal split image. If I remember correctly, the shutter sounds different to the other P3 line cameras, but I could be wrong on that.
Edit: also, the P3t send to be the rarest if anyone cares. I've held all the others in my hand at some point. I'm not sure I've seen a P3t outside of a photo on the k-mount page.