Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/02
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In a message dated 9/2/00 5:27:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
summarex@yahoo.com writes:
<< Noctilux F1.2 or better >>
More Latin. Having already used "Summilux" for its f/1.4 lenses ("highest
light"), Leitz had to come up with something really exotic for lenses that
were even faster. Literally translated, Noctilux would mean "night light",
not idiomatically very useful in English, but you get the idea.
Joe Sobel