Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/05

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Subject: Re: Japanese "M" mount
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 07:49:10 -0400

At 12:39 AM 9/5/97 -0400, Marvin Moss wrote:
>  A  Japanese acquaintance of mine just returned from Tokyo with 2 beautiful
>  Leica "M" mount lenses.  According to him > "The Leitz (Leica) patent for
>  the bayonet mount, has run out & therefore expect to see many new
>  lenses on the market at less than German prices." <

The patent on the Leitz M bayonet mount expired around twenty-five years
ago.  

Marc


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