Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/20

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Baseline length in M cameras.
From: captyng@vtx.ch (Gerard Captijn)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:15:36 +0200
 
>In a message dated 96-07-20 22:12:56 EDT, Cameras@ix.netcom.com (Cameras)
>writes:
>
><< The M2/M4/M4-2/M4-P/M5/M6 all have the viewfinder magnification of .72.
>  >>
>
>Speaking of M cameras, of course we know that the "R" in regard to the R
>Camera Series stands for "Reflex."   
>
>Who knows what the "M" in the rangefinder camera series stands for?
>
>
>JayPax@aol.com
>
M stands for "Messsucher" the German word for rangefinder.

Gerard Captijn,
Geneva, Switzerland.
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