Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What does the "M" stand for in M series?
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:19:45 -0800

At 7:12 AM +0100 2/22/00, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>Yes, but then why are the screw-mount models not called M-something as well?
>After all, they too have a messsucher...
>
>Nathan
>
>Gabriele Müller wrote:
>
>> It means "messsucher"...

The previous series had an "Entfernungsmesser" plus a "Sucher". Besides the
bayonet mount, the main feature of the M series is that they combined the
rangefinder with the Viewfinder, thus "Messucher".

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