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There is a little context I need to give around the storied Leica M-mount. Basically, it was introduced in 1954 with the launch of the Leica M3, replacing the M39 screw-mount for a favorable new bayonet design that made switching faster, while locking in the lens to the body more precisely and securely.
“M” stands for messsucher, or “rangefinder” in German, and it’s a design still in use with digital Leica-M cameras today. The rangefinder has indeed proved to be an enduring form, as many photojournalists, documentary and street photographers favor it for its simplicity, size, reliability, and quick operation.
Ahh, Canada! The rivers, the mountains, the pine trees, the 2011 KTM 990 Adventures. Gotta be my home province of British Columbia and for all that, this is our Featured Image in Photos of the Week. But . . . oh! . . . Canada? Once again, we at ADVrider’s lavish Photos-of-the-Week HQ have embarrassed ourselves.
For this fine photo by @Maximegalodon is, in point of fact, a scene of Austrian lineage, taken less than a week ago. In our defence, there are KTMs in Canada, too, so you can understand our confusion. But Maximegalodon (cool name, don’t you think?) has something to say about all this.