Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/19

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Makers of Leica Lenses
From: "Lee, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:43:39 -0500
 
Any thoughts of the origin of the Leitz names:

Summilux: Summit + light
Noctilux: Night + Light

but 

Summicron: Summit + ?
Summaron: Summit + ?
Elmar: ?
Elmarit: ?

Jonathan Lee
Replies: Reply from Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com> (Re: [Leica] Makers of Leica Lenses)
Reply from "Robert Fleischman" <RFXMAIL@prodigy.net> (Re: [Leica] Makers of Leica Lenses)