Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are pancakes and there are thin pancakes. The thin pancakes are crapes and the list mentioned. A typical photo lens called a pancake is about 3/4's of an inch thick. http://www.jessops.com/ce-images/PRODUCT/PRODUCT_ENLARGED/ASAMSLE205155090.j pg Or http://tinyurl.com/2b65he7 This pancake we just saw seemed to thin to even grab. 1/4 inch. Must have used more eggs and milk and less flour. hence me calling them cr?pes. Or those other things. Which comes from a list of synonyms for crepes. Which are thin pancakes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr?pe " A cr?pe (English pronunciation: /?kre?p/, French: [k??p]; Breton: krampouezhenn) is a type of very thin pancake, usually made from wheat flour." " An early example is the (Zeiss) Tessar of 1902. The design has seen a resurgence due to the growth of the mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera (so-called EVIL camera) market, notably the Micro Four Thirds system. In the 1960s and 1970s the Nikon GN (Guide number) lens was a notable example, while in the 1970s and 1980s pancake lenses were used in compact single lens reflex (SLR) cameras.[1]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_lens -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:24 +0900 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... Not! > > Mark, > > In English English, we call those thin fried cakes made from batter > 'pancakes' . You can have fun trying to flip them in one swift flick > of the wrist. In Japanese English they call the thicker, perhaps US, > variety 'hot-cakes'. > > Maybe these tiny thin pancake lenses should be selling like 'hot cakes'. > > All the best, > > Peter Cheyne > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information