Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/22

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Subject: Re: Leica Lens Patents
From: hmphoto <hmphoto@delphi.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:50:15 +0000

>Thus, I am fairly comfortable in saying that there is no legal protection
>afforded the M mount anywhere.
Perhaps the reason these lenses are made LTM is so that you can use them 
on either LTM cameras or on M cameras.  A lot of people still shoot the 
LTM bodies and the Japaneese know this and are probably trying to hit as 
broad a market as possible without having to manufacture 2 versions of 
the same lens.

Just a thought.

Harrison McClary
http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto