Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:27 PM 1/3/2009, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >Give Barnack >the credit for the concept of a slim, pocketable 35 mm camera taking >full (double) frame exposures but many of the features in the Leica >camera that we cherish, rangefinders, the LTM mount, the reliable >variable speed, self capping shutter came from other minds. Well, the LTM and its specifications -- 39mm by 26 turns per inch Whitworth -- was developed by Barnack, though he idiot-proofed it with the assistance of the AO Roth camera store in London before releasing it to the general public. The folks at E Leitz already knew that Zeiss Ikon intended a bayonet mount for its forthcoming Contax RF system. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!