Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/29

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Subject: Re: Trivia question from longtime lurker
From: nhunter1@mindspring.com (Nick Hunter)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:15:56 -0500 (EST)
 
Paul Schliesser wrote:

>The M3 name (from "Messucher" and the three frames) I think I first
>learned from a 1950s edtition of the _Leica Manual_. It's also mentioned
>in _The Leica Rangefinder Way_, and I think it is also mentioned in the
>50-year anniversary booklets that Leitz did.

Thanks for the references. I've used, collected and studied the Leica for
almost 15 years, but hadn't run across that particular bit of lore. The LUG
is always a learning experience!

                                                Nick