Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Nomenclature / Source
From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:46:01 -0700

> From: Dan Cardish 
> >And then there are the Hektor and the Summarex, named after the dogs of
> >that cigar-fiend, Max Berek.  It is hard to think poorly of an optical
> >scientist who would name his lenses after his pets.
> 
> You mean to tell me that someone had actually named their dog,
"Summarex"?
> 
> Dan C.

"Summar" was around from the start. It's the "Rex" that was added.
Actually, a nice name for both lens and beast. . .

Gary