Why these lens names?

[koraks]

How about KRODAK?

That sounds a bit like what you might find on the name tag of a camera bought on AliExpress for $ 25 boasting incredibly good specs given that price point.

 

[Don_ih]

I think Raptor would be a good name for a lens. Leica take note.

Wollensak made a lens they called Raptar....

 

[Dan Fromm]

Wollensak made a lens they called Raptar....

But not a Craptar.

 

[Oren Grad]

Nikkor? Nikon's name was originally Nikon Kogaku K.K. I believe that this means Japan Optical Inc. Anyway, that's what Nikkor is derived from.

Nippon Kogaku (日本光学). The characters can also be read as Nihon Kogaku; the meaning is the same.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Nippon Kogaku (日本光学). The characters can also be read as Nihon Kogaku; the meaning is the same.

Thanks for catching the typo.

 

[AnselMortensen]

Wollensak made a lens they called Raptar....

The Raptar name came about from a 'naming contest', post WWII...The lenses were previously named Velostigmat.

Wollensak really missed the boat...they should have made some transitional lenses called "VelosiRaptars"..

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Yeah he liked the letter K.

Quite a few businesses like it; apparently, it makes a name more memorable:Kinko's, K-Mart, and others!

 

[Chan Tran]

Quite a few businesses like it; apparently, it makes a name more memorable:Kinko's, K-Mart, and others!

Well K-Mart named after the founder Sebastien Spering Kresge the founder. Walmart is the same, it's named after Sam Waltonl

 

[Don_ih]

Well K-Mart named after the founder Sebastien Spering Kresge the founder.

So, it could have been S-Mart. Or Smart.

Don't argue with Ralph about the popularity of K - he apparently lives there:

 

[Ian Grant]

Some names are obvious in depicting their design, like Triotar, Trioplan, Trinar, etc. Others like Dagor are derived from their original markings.

Ian