Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What does the "M" stand for in M series?
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:05:11 +0100

Thanks for setting me straight, Henning!

Nathan

"Henning J. Wulff" wrote:

> The previous series had an "Entfernungsmesser" plus a "Sucher". Besides the
> bayonet mount, the main feature of the M series is that they combined the
> rangefinder with the Viewfinder, thus "Messucher".
>
>    *            Henning J. Wulff
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