Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/24

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Subject: Re: LTM
From: Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@a1.NL>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 21:22:30 +0000

On 24 Nov 96 at 11:17, Marc James Small wrote:

> At 01:06 AM 11/24/96 -0500, Charles E. Love, Jr. wrote:
> 
> >Marc, forgive me, but I don't know what "LTM" stands for, so I don't get the
> >connection with OB.--Charlie
> 
> 
> "LTM" -- Leica thread-mount, the 39mm by 26 tpi thread selected by Barnack
> for use on the Leica.

Shoot. 39mm by 26 tpi is as much a collision of imperial/metric 
worlds as using 255/75R16 for tire size.
It hurts my eyes. Awful!....:-))

M39x1mm is the German way of thinking....;-))

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