Re: [Leica] Makers of Leica Lenses

[Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>]

>Summicron = Summit + Chroma, meaning "the summit of color (chromatic)
>correction.
>
>Elmar:  Wasn't this the name of someone's wife?  Like maybe Oscar Barnack's?
>Or the lens designer?  What was his name?  Max Berek.  Maybe his wife.  Best
>I can do on that one.
>
>Bob Fleischman


Let me take a stab at "Elmar":


Elmar = El + Mar, meaning "the sea."

Perhaps the connotations were "with a depth of field rivaling the depth of
the sea"; or perhaps, "with this lens you'll 'sea' some improvement in your
photography"; or perhaps again: "'seaing' is believing."

Now, who'll have a go at Hektor?

Guy
L.A. (by the sea)