PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

[Gene McCluney]

Chamonix...is it Shame-on-ix, or Shame-on-a?

Sinar....is it Sigh-nar, or See-nar?

just curious.

[BrianShaw]

Retina: Rhet-teen-ah; Rhet-tine-ah; or Ret-in-a?

[Michael Graves]

Can't help you with Chamonix, but Dean Collins always pronounced it See'-nar in his videos.

My questions is this. Is it reh-buhl ex-tee or peace uv krap?

[David A. Goldfarb]

Americans usually say SIGH-nar, but I suspect in French it's see-NAR, and in German SEE-nar.

[tim atherton]

Brits tend to say Ni-kon (short "i" as in sit) N. Americans tend to say Niikon (long "i" as in eye)

[Oren Grad]

Brits tend to say Ni-kon (short "i" as in sit) N. Americans tend to say Niikon (long "i" as in eye)

And in Japanese, Nikon is written phonetically, and spoken, as nee-kon.

[Lee Hamiel]

From:

http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/pronounce.html

"accura - AH kyoo ruh
Adox - AY docks
Aetna - etna
Agfa - AHG fuh
Aires - EYE ress
Angenieux - ahn jhen YEW
Asahi - AH sa hee
Atoron - AH toe run
Baia - bah EE ah
Beaulieu - bowl YEW
Berthiot - bear tee YO
Beseler - BESS ler
Bewi - BEE wee
Bilora - bee LAU ra
Bolex - BO lecks
Braun - brown
Bronica - bu RON i ca
Brovira - bro VIE ruh
Canon - cannon
capro - CAP ro
Carena - kuh REE nuh
Cinovid - SEE no vid
Contarex - CON ta recks
Copal - CO pah ru
Cosina - co SHEE na
Dacora - dah CO ruh
De Jur - duh Jhoor
Eclair - ay Clare
Edixa - eh DICK suh
Eumig - OY mig
Exakta - egg ZOCK tuh
Ehrenreich - AY ren reyesh
Fujica - FOO jee kuh
Fuji - FOO jee
Gevaert - GAY vart
Gitzo - JIT so
Gossen - GAH sin
Hasselblad - HAH sill blahd
Heitz - heights
Hektor - HECK tore
Heurtier - ER tee ay
Hexanon - heh KSA non
Hologon - ho lah GOAN
Horizont - go rih ZONT
Icarex - EE kar ecks
Ihagee - ee HAH gay
Jena - YAY nuh
Kako - KAH ko
Kilar - KEE lahr
Kindermann - KIN der mahn
Kodak - co DAK
Komura - KO mu ra
Konica - KO nee ca
Kowa - KO wa
Leica - LIE kuh
Leicina - lie SEE nuh
Leitz - lights
Liesegang - LEE zuh gahng
Linhof - LIN hof
Lubitel - LOO bih tsill
Mamiya - MA mee yah
Marubeni - mah roo BEH nee
Meopta - may OP tuh
Miida - mee EE da
Minolta - mi no ROO ta
Minox - MIH nocks
Miranda - mee Rahn duh
Mirrotach - mir ro TATCH
multimage - mult ee MAHJ
nikkor - nih KO roo
nikkormat - nih ko ru MAH toe
nikon - NIH kone
Nizo - NIT so
Norita - NO ree ta
Olympus - o LIM pus
omega - o MAY guh
omnica - OM nih kuh
Opemus - o PAY muss
Optima - op TEE muh
Orwo - OR vo
Paillard - PIE yare
Pentax - pen TOCK soo
Pentacon - PEN tuh kahn
Petri - pe TO ri
Photomic - fo TAH mick
Perkeo - PEAR kee o
Planar - PLAH nahr
Pradovit - prah doe VIT
Praktica - prack TEE kuh
Praktisix - PRACK ti six
Regula - re GOO luh
Ricoh - ree CO
Rodenstock - RO den shtock
Rokkor - ro KAW roo
Rokunar - RO koo nar
Rolleiflex - RO lie flecks
Rowi - RO wee
Sakura - sa KOO ra
Samigon - SAH me gahn
Sankyo - sahn KYO
Schneider - SHNEYE der
Sekonica - say KO nih koo
Sekor - say KO roo
Sinar - SEE nar
Soligor - SO lee gore
Sonnar - so Nahr
Spiratone - SPY ra tone
Steinheil - SHTINE highl
Summicron - SOO mih crahn
Summilux - SOO mih looks
Susis - SOO see
Switar - SWEE tar
Takumar - TAH ku mah
Tamron - ta MU ron
Technika - tek NEE kuh
Telesar - TEL eh sahr
Telyt - tay LIT
Tessar - TEH sahr
Tessina - teh SEE nuh
Topcon - TO poo kon
Toshiba - TO shee ba
Ultima - OOL tee muh
Visoflex - VEE zo flecks
Vivitar - VIH vee tahr
Voigtlander - FAWCHT lahn der
Wratten - RAH tin
Xenar - ZEE nahr
Xenon - ZEE non
Yashica - YAH she Ka
Yashinon - YAH she known
Zeiss Ikon - tsice EE cone
Zenit - zeh NEAT
Zorki - ZOR kee
Zuiko - zoo ee KOH

Adapted from pp. 16, 76, June 1974, Modern Photography, David Miller."

I still pronounce things the way I've said them for years ...

[Michael Graves]

Somebody has WAY too much time on his hands.

From:

http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/pronounce.html

"accura - AH kyoo ruh
Adox - AY docks
Aetna - etna
Agfa - AHG fuh
Aires - EYE ress
Angenieux - ahn jhen YEW
Asahi - AH sa hee
Atoron - AH toe run
Baia - bah EE ah
Beaulieu - bowl YEW
Berthiot - bear tee YO
Beseler - BESS ler
Bewi - BEE wee
Bilora - bee LAU ra
Bolex - BO lecks
Braun - brown
Bronica - bu RON i ca
Brovira - bro VIE ruh
Canon - cannon
capro - CAP ro
Carena - kuh REE nuh
Cinovid - SEE no vid
Contarex - CON ta recks
Copal - CO pah ru
Cosina - co SHEE na
Dacora - dah CO ruh
De Jur - duh Jhoor
Eclair - ay Clare
Edixa - eh DICK suh
Eumig - OY mig
Exakta - egg ZOCK tuh
Ehrenreich - AY ren reyesh
Fujica - FOO jee kuh
Fuji - FOO jee
Gevaert - GAY vart
Gitzo - JIT so
Gossen - GAH sin
Hasselblad - HAH sill blahd
Heitz - heights
Hektor - HECK tore
Heurtier - ER tee ay
Hexanon - heh KSA non
Hologon - ho lah GOAN
Horizont - go rih ZONT
Icarex - EE kar ecks
Ihagee - ee HAH gay
Jena - YAY nuh
Kako - KAH ko
Kilar - KEE lahr
Kindermann - KIN der mahn
Kodak - co DAK
Komura - KO mu ra
Konica - KO nee ca
Kowa - KO wa
Leica - LIE kuh
Leicina - lie SEE nuh
Leitz - lights
Liesegang - LEE zuh gahng
Linhof - LIN hof
Lubitel - LOO bih tsill
Mamiya - MA mee yah
Marubeni - mah roo BEH nee
Meopta - may OP tuh
Miida - mee EE da
Minolta - mi no ROO ta
Minox - MIH nocks
Miranda - mee Rahn duh
Mirrotach - mir ro TATCH
multimage - mult ee MAHJ
nikkor - nih KO roo
nikkormat - nih ko ru MAH toe
nikon - NIH kone
Nizo - NIT so
Norita - NO ree ta
Olympus - o LIM pus
omega - o MAY guh
omnica - OM nih kuh
Opemus - o PAY muss
Optima - op TEE muh
Orwo - OR vo
Paillard - PIE yare
Pentax - pen TOCK soo
Pentacon - PEN tuh kahn
Petri - pe TO ri
Photomic - fo TAH mick
Perkeo - PEAR kee o
Planar - PLAH nahr
Pradovit - prah doe VIT
Praktica - prack TEE kuh
Praktisix - PRACK ti six
Regula - re GOO luh
Ricoh - ree CO
Rodenstock - RO den shtock
Rokkor - ro KAW roo
Rokunar - RO koo nar
Rolleiflex - RO lie flecks
Rowi - RO wee
Sakura - sa KOO ra
Samigon - SAH me gahn
Sankyo - sahn KYO
Schneider - SHNEYE der
Sekonica - say KO nih koo
Sekor - say KO roo
Sinar - SEE nar
Soligor - SO lee gore
Sonnar - so Nahr
Spiratone - SPY ra tone
Steinheil - SHTINE highl
Summicron - SOO mih crahn
Summilux - SOO mih looks
Susis - SOO see
Switar - SWEE tar
Takumar - TAH ku mah
Tamron - ta MU ron
Technika - tek NEE kuh
Telesar - TEL eh sahr
Telyt - tay LIT
Tessar - TEH sahr
Tessina - teh SEE nuh
Topcon - TO poo kon
Toshiba - TO shee ba
Ultima - OOL tee muh
Visoflex - VEE zo flecks
Vivitar - VIH vee tahr
Voigtlander - FAWCHT lahn der
Wratten - RAH tin
Xenar - ZEE nahr
Xenon - ZEE non
Yashica - YAH she Ka
Yashinon - YAH she known
Zeiss Ikon - tsice EE cone
Zenit - zeh NEAT
Zorki - ZOR kee
Zuiko - zoo ee KOH

Adapted from pp. 16, 76, June 1974, Modern Photography, David Miller."

I still pronounce things the way I've said them for years ...

[Tin Can]

Azo?

[Ari]

Azo?

Nu, vos ton ir zogn?