Names in Photography
Jul 14, 2017 14:52:22 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This is a pet peeve of mine - names used for photo... (show quote)
It's a good thing you know only about Canikon.
Over recent years, Pentax's flagship APS-C cameras were K-7, K-5, K-3 {several successive variants of each} and then the FF K-1 came. Where do they go from here?
Jul 14, 2017 15:06:45 #
Might start with a pinhole camera... No camera or lens ID necessary!
jerryc41 wrote:
Great idea! What kind of camera should I get?
Jul 14, 2017 15:33:42 #
MjTahoe wrote:
Might start with a pinhole camera... No camera or lens ID necessary!
Jul 14, 2017 16:52:51 #
Sometimes there is a good reason for cars, at least, to have different names in different countries. When Chevrolet had the 'Nova' model in the US, they used a different name in Spanish speaking countries. NO VA in Spanish means: does not go. Never understood why Volkswagen called the model Rabbit in the US but Golf elsewhere.
Jul 14, 2017 17:09:22 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, I know what you mean. Why do they need two - or more - names?
Probably because they have two or more computer systems, written by different people at different times, that have to track the same items. Some IT person was probably told at gunpoint by an IDIOT manager that the nomenclature had to mean something they could decipher. Using "smart numbers" and "smart names" for products just invites confusion... Especially when two systems with different numbers and nomenclature are in play!
Been there, done that, bought the ticket out of IT...
Jul 14, 2017 18:15:06 #
It is no different than with us humans. We don't just talk about Joe, but about Joe Blow from nowhere Michigan. Helps to be able to be specific. JMTC.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:12:20 #
Jul 14, 2017 19:24:06 #
There's someone at Radiant Lite Photography who compiled a complete lens glossary for Nikon, Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Sony, Pentax, and Tokina. The website seems a little outdated though. Here is the website:
http://www.radiantlite.com/2010/08/complete-lens-glossary.html
http://www.radiantlite.com/2010/08/complete-lens-glossary.html
Jul 14, 2017 19:41:33 #
Jul 14, 2017 20:26:04 #
jwn
Loc: SOUTHEAST GEORGIA USA
names are difficult, my Mother still calls me by my brothers name and my Aunt calls me by her dead dog name.............
Jul 14, 2017 20:57:09 #
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Jul 14, 2017 21:06:10 #
jerryc41 wrote:
And what's confusing about that? 
The Mazda Miata has different names in different places, too, as do other cars.
The Mazda Miata has different names in different places, too, as do other cars.
Agreed. The Nissan 370Z in known as the Fairlady Z in Japan. Somehow I don't want my small powerful car sounding so feminine.
Jul 14, 2017 21:17:09 #
When Nikon named their SLR an F, then an F2, ect., did that stand for Film in anticipation of using D for digital?
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Jul 14, 2017 21:25:43 #
My first Pentax camera, which I purchased in 1979, was a variant of something known as the "ME". It's successor, which I purchased in 1983, was known as the "Super Program". I'm not aware of any great pattern guiding their naming back then.
Jul 14, 2017 23:14:39 #
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