Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep. The German word is "bewusstlos", and means unconscious. Literally, it has the meaning of shutting down or closing a system. Actually, it's written with a "=DF" in German (ALT 225, ascii) instead of=20 the "ss", which looks like the Greek "beta"-sign. Unfortunately, when=20 most people misinterpreted the "=DF" as symbol for a beta-version in the=20 early days of popular photography, Zeiss introduced the abriviation "B"=20 in 1924, and Leitz followed in 1931. No joke. Alf - ------------------------------------------------------- At 00:55 27.11.1997 -0500, you wrote: > >>Even though Simon meant the statement as a joke. > >The original humorous post was by Paul Schliesser. I thought when he said >the aperture ring was only for "turning the lens off" he was alluding to >the M6 off switch, which is labelled B. Does the German word for Off begin >with B? or does this control serve some other function? > >SMILEY ALERT!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) SMILEY ALERT!!! > PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND!!!!! BAD JOKE!! RELAX!!! > >NICK > > > >