[Leica] Probably a silly question....

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

You probably hate Erwin Puts for using SLX then. It took me awhile to
figure out he meant Summilux :-)

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> FLE is Zeiss.
> You'll not find it on a Leica box nor on a lens.
> Just think of it as "Fleiss".
>
> In Nikonian its "CRC".
> That is short for the Nikonian term: close range correction.
> A Canonite would see "Float"
>
> In Leicaneese it's "floating element".
> Leica has made no attempt to acronyminate the floating element concept.
> Or they are treading water on the subject.
>
>
> According to my on line translator
> FLOATING ELEMENT:
> French:     ?l?ment flottant
> Icelandic: flj?tandi ??ttur  (they make great glass, but it melts in the
> summer)
> Russian:    ????????? ???????
> Spanish: elemento flotante
> Swedish: flytelementet
> Finnish:    kelluva elementti (notice its not even close to Swedish!?)
> Yiddish:    ????????? ???????  (notice its not even close to Finnish!?)
>
> --
> Mark R.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
>
>
> > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:11:05 +0000
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: [Leica] Probably a silly question....
> >
> > Is anybody looking to buy a brand new 35mm Summilux-M FLE? I know of one
> > available from a dealer.....
> >
> > Please contact me off-list - john at chiaroscuro.co.nz
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > john
> >
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