Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's true! It's in my german dictionary. (sorry, Ich spreche kein Deutsch). But are you sure that's what the B on the M6 shutter dial stands for? Or should this thread be called: "Take it...with a grain of salt!" Nick ____________________________________________________________________________= ____ >Does the German word for Off begin with B? or does this control serve some >>other function? >NICK >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 >the "ss", which looks like the Greek "beta"-sign. Unfortunately, when >most people misinterpreted the "=DF" as symbol for a beta-version in the >early days of popular photography, Zeiss introduced the abriviation "B" >in 1924, and Leitz followed in 1931. No joke. > >Alf