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Subject: [Leica] Type 240, 246, 262? Who made these up?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:43:16 -0600
References: <CAAZ9c+2fMJHN+S7YDFYN3OO79BsQkO=vQOJRtiL9VgFYiyoe1Q@mail.gmail.com> <D2F10369.5786D%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I always thought they were the Ukrainian vowel set.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> Those are not names. Those are code words in effect numbers with letters
> used instead of numbers.
>
>
> On 2/22/16 3:51 PM, "Piers Hemy" <piers.hemy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Easy one, Bob. Just don't confuse it with a BEOON.
> >
> > Piers (well equipped with both macro stands)
> > On 22 Feb 2016 7:15 p.m., "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> ===On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:32 AM, Richard Man <
> >> richard at richardmanphoto.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Not that I am interested, but who is the genius that thinks it's
> clarity
> >> to
> >>> have numbers for camera models?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I remember when many European companies, including Leica, thought that
> >> using names rather than model numbers for products was a less confusing
> >> method.
> >>
> >> How many of you now know (without Googling) what a Boowu is?
> >>
> >> --Bob
> >>
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Sonny
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In reply to: Message from piers.hemy at gmail.com (piers@hemy.org) ([Leica] Type 240, 246, 262? Who made these up?)
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