Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks I also needed that. Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > > At 09:30 AM 3/4/2000 -0600, Charles Cason wrote: > >For a newby, how about a list of the meaning of the acronyms. > >OT, CLA, etc. > > OT = Off-Topic > CLA = Clean, Lube, and Adjust, a standard camera service, previously > recommended by Leica for M cameras annually. > RF = rangefinder > VF = view-finder > MF = medium format (roll film, now 120 and 70mm only) > LF = large format (cut film and plates) (there are also "sub-miniature", > such as 16mm and Minox, and "miniature format", such as 35mm and its > off-spring) > LTM = Leica thread-mount, also known crudely as "screw-mount", a lens mount > of 39mm width and 26 turns-per-inch Whitworth thread > LHSA = Leica Historical Society of America, the premier core of Leica > expertise > LUG = the Leica Users' Group, the premier core of Leica expertise on the 'Net > M42 = a lens-mount consisting of a 42mm by 1mm screw-thread, also known as > "PSM" for Pentax or Praktica Screw-Mount, or USM, for Universal Screw-Mount > CRF = Contax rangefinder, a bayonet-mount camera system which was the Leica > RF's main rival from 1930 until 1960 > > Any others? > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!