Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/10/07 10:52 PM, "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> typed: > Jim, Yes WATE for the 16-18-21 wide angle Tri Elmar. I've seen that > acronym in > general use. Oh how I would love to own that lens. If > anyone would like to give me one, I promise to call it anything that they > wish. > Apparently someone thought that WATE was such a great acronym that they > made > up MATE for the original 28-35-50. > Mate in Australian is more or less an informal equivalent of comrade in > Soviet > bloc speak! > > Cheers > Hoppy What's a Soy Wate? I snipped of a half dozen or more of these: > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Mark Rabiner Harlem, NY markrabiner.com