Why these lens names?

Oren Grad

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

AnselMortensen

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Don_ih said:
Wollensak made a lens they called Raptar....
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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"..
 

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Chan Tran said:
Well K-Mart named after the founder Sebastien Spering Kresge the founder.
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So, it could have been S-Mart. Or Smart.

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

 

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

Ian
 
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