Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Zuiko?
From: Mikiro Mori <arbos@iname.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:33:41 +0100

At 4:48 PM +0100 99.1.19, Dan Post wrote:
>Mikiro-
>Say, is that a French or Alsatian phrase?  :)
>+AOA- bient+APQ-t+ACE-
>Dan
>dwpost+AEA-msn.com

HI, Dan.

I just tried to describe correctly what it means.;-)  Zui-Ko is a coinage
based on Chinese classics.  This is the most elegant name for lenses that I
have ever heard. The Olympus people of those days were really cultivated.
:-)

Do you know what Minolta means?  Minoru is "to ripen", and Ta is "rice
fields". This is a symbol of richness and productiveness.

:):):)

Mikiro Mori
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