Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/09
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In a message dated 8/8/00 10:44:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jbcollier@home.com writes:
<< If a lens has a "-M" it is indeed newer than a similar lens which does not,
but, it is not necessarily the latest and greatest. >>
Greatness is not the issue. Nor is the question as to when the suffix
was added to a particular lens. Nor are the changes, being new optical
designs, merely cosmetic. The evidence remains, as you indeed confirm, that
if it has the "-M" suffix a given lens is of the latest optical design
available, currently or not, from Leica. While the suffix itself may be
confusing in a certain context (M v. LTM), it is clearly intended by Leitz as
an indicator of current or latest available optical design. All of the
examples you cited support this conclusion. Try instead to think of
instances where the "-M" lens has been superseded by a later optical formula.
Joe Sobel