Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] New M
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:32:16 +0000 (GMT)
References: <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9B2AA39C7@WHIZZMAIL02.whizz.org> <CA+yJO1APkMPRZSHZf6RMbhhDgY8vLK0og4k65k3g5vg=mF=1aA@mail.gmail.com> <95AE95039B214530BAE48211C063F2F4@jimnichols> <CA+yJO1DjOmjPswh1jM_9w=V5z4G8H_-xY1+DWrJAJANSRnfxmg@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF4SDdf35bE=mkQJqzrp+BbLj4vLQ-8c76cvqMfU7FBNzA@mail.gmail.com>

Perhaps they have been swayed by the ever popular Porsche 911, which has 
been many different cars with similar styling and developed engineering but 
keeping the same name.



>________________________________
> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013, 20:55
>Subject: Re: [Leica] New M
> 
>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
>> >>>
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In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] New M)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] New M)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] New M)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] New M)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] New M)