Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/24
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On 24 Nov 96 at 11:17, Marc James Small wrote:
> At 01:06 AM 11/24/96 -0500, Charles E. Love, Jr. wrote:
>
> >Marc, forgive me, but I don't know what "LTM" stands for, so I don't get the
> >connection with OB.--Charlie
>
>
> "LTM" -- Leica thread-mount, the 39mm by 26 tpi thread selected by Barnack
> for use on the Leica.
Shoot. 39mm by 26 tpi is as much a collision of imperial/metric
worlds as using 255/75R16 for tire size.
It hurts my eyes. Awful!....:-))
M39x1mm is the German way of thinking....;-))
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