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

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Subject: [Leica] W-Nikkor lens
From: Bartphotog at aol.com (Bartphotog@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep 27 22:22:21 2006
 
In a message dated 9/27/06 5:19:44 AM, jbcollier@shaw.ca writes:

<< 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. >>

Yeah, I knew that...(;<)  Thanks!

Bart