Is Ektar a lens or a film? I've definitely been wondering about "Nikkor" and "Fujinon" myself.
Is Ektar a lens or a film?
Is Ektar a lens or a film? I've definitely been wondering about "Nikkor" and "Fujinon" myself.
Is Ektar a lens or a film? I've definitely been wondering about "Nikkor" and "Fujinon" myself.
The only name no one will ever explain, according to George Eastman, is "KODAK".
There are plenty of good reasons for the naming conventions, mainly to identify its underlyig design. a Wikipedia search will give much insight.
My Dad worked as the Customer Services manager at a Kodak Canada lab and facility between 1961 and 1983. His Customer Services department was fairly large, with a number of desks and employees reporting to him.The only name no one will ever explain, according to George Eastman, is "KODAK".
Ektar? I have tessar type Ektars, a heliar type Ektar, a double Gauss type Ektar and a dialyte type Ektar. What's the underlying design type of the Ektar?
There's the Leitz Elmar and Hektor lenses - named after dogs.
So....
I know Hektor was Max Berek's dog, as was Rex (as in Summarex), but I recall Elmar was coined as a replacement for the name Elmax (named after Max Berek himself) as that was ruled to be to close too a rival product
You're right - looking it up quickly shows that you are. I either remembered incorrectly or read something that was wrong.
There is no underlying design type. The name Ektar only signifies that the lens is of the highest quality made by Kodak, which normally means they are pretty damned good. All Ektar lenses are also unit focusing, rather than front element focusing.
Yeah he liked the letter K.
That begs the question -- why not Koraks?
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