Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]M 240 sounds about right. The problem with just M is that it refers to the entire range of Leica rangefinder cameras since the introduction of the M3 in 1954, so it is inherently confusing to use it to refer to a specific model. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > A lot of people mystified at the naming decisions Tina. Some further > confusion because people made up extra ones too. > Just think Monochrom. MM is just shorthand in the internet discussions I > don't think that Leica Camera call it that. > M10 is what most of us thought it would be but Leica Camera never used > that. > M typ 240 is their internal product nomenclature. Other models have their > own number but they never intended to use those externally. Did you know > what a typ 220 is? That is the M-E! > People just adopted M 240 to try to make it clearer which they meant. > > Repeat after me ;-) Monochrom, M, M-E, Muddled, > I don't think that the results from them will be muddled though. > > > *If you want to take more interesting pictures, > stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 1 March 2013 06:39, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > >> If you Google Leica Monochrom, all of the reviews and sales that come up >> call it the Leica M. For awhile, everybody was referring to the new Leica >> as the M/240. Now they seem to have dropped the 240 and are just saying >> M. >> Too confusing!!! What's wrong with M10? >> >> Tina >> >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net >>> wrote: >> >>> I thought the Monochrom was "MM". >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at >>> comporium.net> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:34 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New M >>> >>> >>> >>> The name is so very confusing! I keep seeing references to the Leica M >>>> and >>>> think they are referring to the Monochrom, but it's always the new one! >>>> Are we going to call both of them the Leica M? >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> So a (very) few are out in the wild now.... >>>>> >>>>> john >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >