Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What does the "M" stand for in M series?
From: Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:31:21 -03-30

At 04:07 PM 21/02/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a been a user of the Leica M system for years, and I was recently
>asked what the M stood for? I knew the R in the R series stood for reflex. I
>believe the M has significance with the German word for "rangefinder", is
>that correct?

Mystical.


Greg Locke                         St. John's, Newfoundland
locke@straylight.ca              http://www.straylight.ca/locke
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