jaapv Posted July 24, 2017 Share #21 Posted July 24, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Actually, the "3" in the M3 was not meant as a sequential number at all. It was intended to emphasise the three framelines in the Messsucher. This idea was dropped as soon as the M2 came out, when the lower number indicated the simpler camera (the M2 had three framelines as well), with the M1 hierarchical too, still more simplified with one pair displayed. The sequential numbering only started with the M4, M5, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Geschlecht Posted July 25, 2017 Share #22 Posted July 25, 2017 Actually, the "3" in the M3 was not meant as a sequential number at all. It was intended to emphasise the three framelines in the Messsucher. This idea was dropped as soon as the M2 came out, when the lower number indicated the simpler camera (the M2 had three framelines as well), with the M1 hierarchical too, still more simplified with one pair displayed. The sequential numbering only started with the M4, M5, etc. Hello Jaap, Actually the letter & number sequence of the "M" series of cameras is a reconfiguration of the system used on the Roman Numeral Prefixed screw mount cameras. Just a little different. In the screw mount cameras, after a certain point, the basic camera models were a, b, c, d, (There was no "e".), f, g, h The levels of built in options was I, II, III I is the basic model with high speeds. No rangefinder. No viewfinder. No slow speeds. Except in the Ig model which had slow speeds. II is the basic model with high speeds, rangefinder & viewfinder. No slow speeds. III is the basic model with high speeds, rangefinder & viewfinder & slow speeds. M models turned this around somewhat. "M" means that the camera body takes bayonet mount lenses. M1 means that this is the basic body with the LEAST number of built ins. Similar to the screw mount designation "I": M2 means that the camera that has some of the built ins. Similar to the screw mount designation "II". M3 means that the camera has all of built ins available at that time. This is similar to the screw mount designation "III". Chronologically the M3 was the first camera in the "M" series to be released. Followed chronologically by the M2. Then the M1. Then came the M4 which added options to the M3's capabilities. Then came the M5 which added options to the M4's capabilities. Then the M4-2 which was a reconfigured M4. Then came an M4-P which was an upgraded M4-2 And so on. Each further designation up thru the M9 indicating an addition of options to the previous M model. Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted July 25, 2017 Share #23 Posted July 25, 2017 Hello Everybody, A correction to my Post # 22, just above:When describing the various screw mount models I listed them as "a" thru "h'". Altho there is a Leica model "H" there is not a model "h" that I know of. "h" would connote a model next after "g". As in IIIg. "H" is a member of a separate line of 1/2 frame cameras developed at the same time that a successor to the IIIg might have been developed. Model "H" is a 1/2 frame camera with an F2.8 lens. Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share #24 Posted July 26, 2017 Nenad, your photography is great. Don’t waste your energy trying to get into the corporate mind of Leica Camera AG or of this site. But if you do, make sure you don’t fall foul of the same kind of linguistic pretentiousness that you think Leica is guilty of [of which you think Leica is guilty for the purist grammar police]. In English the generally accepted plural of forum is forums. In Latin it is fora. I can only imagine that you thought forae might add a touch of class to an otherwise ordinary little word. It doesn't matter a jot in the great scheme of things but, just like you, I like to see these things done right. Come on, wasn't forae cool? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted July 26, 2017 Share #25 Posted July 26, 2017 Come on, wasn't forae cool? As cool as ice, man! You've won me over. Forae it is from now on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted July 26, 2017 Share #26 Posted July 26, 2017 Come on, wasn't forae cool? What's wrong with "foroi"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted July 27, 2017 Share #27 Posted July 27, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Or if the "forae" become confused, marry a German, leave Europe and start to look old; can we call it "forage" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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