Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27

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Subject: [Leica] W-Nikkor lens
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Wed Sep 27 05:19:12 2006
References: <bee.4e5d9e6.324b6989@aol.com>
 
Actually you are right in a way. The lens in question, the  
rangefinder 35f2.5 W-Nikkor was the basis of the Nikonos lens. In the  
Nikonos line, "W" came to mean waterproof and useable under or above  
water; and, "UW" meant underwater only.

John Collier

On 26-Sep-06, at 11:43 PM, Bartphotog@aol.com wrote:

> Someone asked what a W-Nikkor lens was, and I rushed to display my  
> ignorance
> by asking if it wasn't a waterproof lens for the Nikonos.  Sigh --  
> never mind!
In reply to: Message from Bartphotog at aol.com (Bartphotog@aol.com) ([Leica] W-Nikkor lens)