Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/10

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Subject: Re: 35mm vs. MF
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 15:02:35 +0100 (BST)

At 01:46 10/08/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 12:30 AM 8/10/97 +0100, Joe Berenbaum wrote:
>>Some later square
>>format Super Ikontas and the Agfa Super Isolette even have interlock so >>you
>>can wind on without looking in a red window at the back to see the frame
>>number.
>
>"Later" is a relative term.  This feature first appeared on the
>second-generation Super Ikonta B in 1936.
>Marc

My strategy of careful wording seems to work. You'll note that while I
didn't state that the interlock was present in early square format Super
Ikontas, I didn't state that it wasn't either. Since I didn't know, it
seemed sensible to only state what I did know. Works for me!

Joe Berenbaum