Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Elmar was at first Elmax = Ernst Leitz + Max (Berek) and the it was changed for Elmar (more euphonious?) in 1925. Hektor was professor Berek´s dog. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 20. tammikuuta 2001 6:05 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Makers of Leica Lenses >>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)