Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, please send your lens to me and I promise to check if it matches the description. Apparently only those with multi Leica list citizenship were comfortable with the acronym. I have to say that Mark taking us to task on the clarity of posts makes me giggle a little into my Little Creatures ;-) Bless his quirky, entertaining style. Somehow we foreigners also manage to cope with the preponderance of US-centric abbreviations and cultural references without complaint. I thought that Leica acronyms and terms might be thought of as common language within an enthusiast Leica group. Cheers Hoppy "Little Creatures -an Australian boutique beer range of fine quality, akin to Belgian brewing styles" ----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of afirkin@afirkin.com Sent: Sunday, 4 November 2007 19:15 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] 16-16-15 lens comparison It went over my head, and I own one ;-) --- richard-lists@imagecraft.com wrote: From: Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>, Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] 16-16-15 lens comparison Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:45:39 -0800 Wide Angle Tri-Elmar, what else can this stand for? Wookie Angular Toothless Elf? How about what lens that can possibly have a 16mm in it? You have 16 Zeiss, 16 Hologon, and.... WATE. There you go. At 05:31 PM 11/3/2007, Mark Rabiner wrote: >Its so cool that you guys know what WATE means. I wonder who else does? > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information