[Leica] Type 240, 246, 262? Who made these up?

[Sonny Carter]

I always thought they were the Ukrainian vowel set.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Those are not names. Those are code words in effect numbers with letters
> used instead of numbers.
>
>
> On 2/22/16 3:51 PM, "Piers Hemy" <piers.hemy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Easy one, Bob. Just don't confuse it with a BEOON.
> >
> > Piers (well equipped with both macro stands)
> > On 22 Feb 2016 7:15 p.m., "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ===On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:32 AM, Richard Man <
> >> richard at richardmanphoto.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Not that I am interested, but who is the genius that thinks it's
> clarity
> >> to
> >>> have numbers for camera models?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I remember when many European companies, including Leica, thought that
> >> using names rather than model numbers for products was a less confusing
> >> method.
> >>
> >> How many of you now know (without Googling) what a Boowu is?
> >>
> >> --Bob
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