Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I reckon Lympa wouldn't go down too well in quite a few countries where the Y is pronounced as a U :-) Douglas Gary Todoroff wrote: >B.D. and Tom - Hey, not bad! Olyka or Olyca - it's one syllable shorter than >OlympuLeic and has a nice style and ring to it, especially with the accent >on the second syllable. It gives Olympus the first place in the word and >three out of the five letters. But it sounds the most like Leica (Olyca = >O-like'-a) and looks a bit like Leica in the Olyca version . > >Decisions, decisions . . . > >With my Macromedia "Contribute 2" web maintenance software, changes to the >blog page are simple. So nothing etched in stone yet. > >Olyca - - - Hmmmmm . . . . . > >Phillipe - you just posted "Lympa". Cool, just two syllables with Leica on >BOTH sides of the 'ymp' . Man, what a creative group! > >Gary >(Tree LUGger) > >P.S. - Neal - taken any more photos with the E-330 yet? > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org]On >Behalf Of B. D. Colen >Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:15 AM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Couple of E-330 shots -- Naming the Leicapus > > >Olyka - pronounced Oh Like ah. >I know folks here are leicacentric, but it's an Olympus camera, so the >camera company name has to come first....;-) > > > > >On 3/9/06 1:04 PM, "leicaluvr@comcast.net" <leicaluvr@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >>Come on Luggers, let's show a little more creativity here -- Leicapus? >>O-Leica? (remember the O-product)? Leimpus? Oleimpus? >> >>Tom Schofield >> >> >> >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >>From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> >> >> >>> Looks really mean with Leica glass on it. Is the body really so tiny? >>>Leic-anthro-pus? (Leica-human-olympus - sounds like a good combination >>>- spelled slightly differently it's a werewolf :-) ) >>>Douglas >>> >>>Gary Todoroff wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Bruce - Shorter is usually better, true. But something poetic in >>>>"O-Lymp-a-Leic" kept bouncing around. Reminds me of some old 60's song, >>>> >>>> >"In > > >>>>the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight." Then the chorus >>>> >>>> >is > > >>>>o-wik-a-wac or something like that. Or at least something like >>>>O-Lymp-a-Leic. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Wim-o-way - IMMSMW >>> >>> >>> >>>>Thanks for leic-o-pine-ing! >>>>Gary >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org >>>>[mailto:lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org]On >>>>Behalf Of bruce >>>>Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:06 AM >>>>To: Leica Users Group >>>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Couple of E-330 shots >>>> >>>> >>>>Gray, like others, I guess, I have been thinking about the name since >>>>you posted .................. and can only come-up with a shortened >>>>version version, with a more playful name ................ >>>>OLYLEIC ................... OLYCON ..................... >>>>OLYNIK ................Pronounce it. >>>> >>>>B. >>>> >>>>On 9-mrt-2006, at 9:33, Gary Todoroff wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Great demo shot of Mr. Le, Neal! Any other camera and you would >>>>>have been >>>>>dusting yourself off after the shot and rubbing your knees, >>>>>depending on >>>>>your age. Isn't that live mode flip screen great? Just set the >>>>>E-330 on the >>>>>floor and look down like a TLR. And what a perspective from that >>>>>7-14mm, >>>>>too. >>>>> >>>>>HCB would have made this camera positively DANCE down the street! >>>>>At LHSA in >>>>>San Francisco when I tried to describe this kind of camera/photo >>>>>creativity >>>>>to a Leica Rep, his only reply was, "That is not an M!" >>>>> >>>>>Good grief! Fortunately Mr Leitz did not say to Mr Barnack, "Das >>>>>ist nicht a >>>>>Press Kamera!" >>>>> >>>>>Just added a few more photos to my OlympuLeic Blog at >>>>>http://www.northcoastphotos.com/OlympuLeic.htm - nothing taken WITH >>>>>the new >>>>>E-330 yet, but some interesting ones OF it with the Leica adapter. >>>>> >>>>>Gary Todoroff >>>>>Tree LUGger >>>>> >>>>><< >>>>>Seems as if the new Olympus E-330 is getting popular with the LUG >>>>>group, I >>>>>just picked up mine today. >>>>>Here are a couple of shots taken in the Camera shop; >>>>> >>>>>The owner Mr. Le, >>>>> >>>>>http://www.photoneal.com/photos/photos_05/tn/phat2a.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>>And salesman Rob, >>>>> >>>>>http://www.photoneal.com/photos/photos_05/tn/P1010004a.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>>I'm also a part time salesman but today I was a customer. >>>>>The lens for both shots was the 7-14mm f4 both were shot at ISO 800. >>>>> >>>>>Neal F >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/276 - Release Date: >>>>>3/7/2006 >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/276 - Release Date: >>>>>3/7/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>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 >>>> >>>>-- >>>>No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/276 - Release Date: 3/7/2006 >>>> >>>>-- >>>>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/276 - Release Date: 3/7/2006 >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>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 >>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/278 - Release Date: 3/9/2006 > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/278 - Release Date: 3/9/2006 > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >