Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And wasn't KWANON some deity? Later changed to Canon not to offend anyone. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Mikiro Mori [mailto:arbos@iname.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 10:34 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Zuiko? 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 Strasbourg, Europe ****************** Visit my gallery at http://members.tripod.com/arbos3/cigogne/index.html